Tornado Siren Ambience - Wichita, Kansas 03/07/2023

On March 7, 2023, Sedgwick County participated in a state-wide tornado drill in preparation for the oncoming severe weather season. Instead of a 1 minute test done usually every Monday at noon, weather permitting, the sirens sounded for a full five minutes. Unfortunately during the wind-up my phone fell and the audio wasn’t as clear as I’d like it. Regardless, the ambience was beautiful!
Nearest siren: ATI HPSS-32 approx. 0.5 miles away
Other sirens heard:
Thunderbolt 1000T, higher tone is just under a mile away, 2 others can be heard
Federal Signal 2001-SRN (2-3 different ones)

[@review11gamer]

that ATI doesn't sound half bad for being a half a mile away. very clear

[@1000BT]

1:55 you can hear T75

[@cooldomino1800]

Which one is that again?

[@jamesmoore5572]

@@cooldomino1800the oldest thunderbolt there

[@austinalthouse]

The ATI siren you hear will be getting replaced with either a Federal Signal 2001-130 or 508. Sedgwick County got tired of replacing the drivers that kept blowing on the ATI sirens.

[@goldcat202]

I’ve read that, can’t say I’m disappointed. I’ve never been a fan of ATIs, but I will be sad if any of the nearby Thunderbolts ever get replaced by a 2001 or 508. I always liked the ACA cyclones and was sad when Amarillo replaced them with 508s.

[@Ravenwarrior1313]

I was stairing at the supra the whole time

[@e_man_nyc0158]

Fellow Kansan here. I live an hour south of Wichita. Where I live, they test the tornado sirens every Tuesday at noon from March-October. I’ve only had like 4 or 5 tornado warnings where I live

[@jacob07221]

in wichita every monday at noon id hear these, 20 years there and since moving away for a few years i still expect it lol

[@garyhisgun192]

Thunderbolt 1000T winds down at 3:02 and Reactivates briefly since the timer is not set to go for a full 5 Minutes

[@SportyTrainGuy]

For a second I thought a 4/5 was playing at the beginning

[@thegamingkid0984]

IS THAT A SUPRA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@goldcat202]

Yes! My neighbor recently bought it 😁

[@reedusangels3655]

Imagine hearing those sirens at 12 AM!

[@goldcat202]

Quite eerie for sure! I’ve been woken up at 6am by these before, it’s a little confusing! 😅

[@surfnQ]

Freaky 😱😱

[@ThunderboltOverkill]

Sounds awesome!!! Is this downtown?

[@goldcat202]

Up closer to Maize!

[@BenFoldsFan421]

I live on the north west side of Wichita (my kids go to Maize SCHOOL’s), and every single Monday at noon unless it’s a holiday or there’s bad weather outside the tornado sirens go off… This just happened and for some reason some days you can hardly hear them and then other days like today ( X of July 2023) it feels like they’re going to blast you across the room with their noise