I’m an EAS geek but if I heard this, I’d jump straight through the ceiling.

Chilling. These are almost even more interesting than EAS activations, given how rare and different they can be. The faint buzzing coming in and out is scary as well...

I would never watch television again if this were the standard for all EAS alerts.

Lemme see what I got here. *ELECTRONIC DEATH SCREECH*

That's a pretty effective attention signal there.

Damn, that is one loud attention tone.

Man that was loud. Sounds almost like a higher pitched version of my apartment buzzer.

I've been looking for this sound for nearly 20 years, thank you for posting it.

If I heard this without any warning my life expectancy would be a negative number

I've seen two clips of St. Joesph alerts, I think I can safely say that St. Joseph has some of loudest alerts ever.

Imagine if that was the EAS standard attention tone, zero warning

Yeah, I was searching thru my grandma’s recorded VHS tapes with this episode of this show and I saw this alert and couldn’t sleep for 2 whole days. I was purely scarred.

0:01 Let's see what I got here.. *LOCAL ACCESS ALERT COMES ON* Welp, You got yourself a local access alert

In Wisconsin back in the 90s, When there was a tornado warning every channel would go to static with a siren sound effect. Then the sound of someone making a phone call, then a lady on the phone saying what was happening.

This is actually more unsettling than the ones we have today

That 60hz ground hum is really going off on this one, wonder if it was a grounding issue causing that. Also I think there still are local access alerts, I remember getting local access alerts for the Kenosha riots last year along with actual EAS for “civil curfew” or something like that.

"If you're alone in a room, and suddenly someone goes "AAAAAAAA"! You'd jump inside out with fright even if it was your 98 year old grandma." Matthew Harris, -2015

Wait, there was also a LAA in the same place with the same attention tone back in 1990!! So this means that St Joseph had their own alert system!

Perfectly timed EAS!

love the way that screen looks, even though it looks like it should've belonged 20 years earlier

scared the living hell out of me, i was wearing headphones and had them at full volume. i legit threw them off my head

this feels like its from 1903 instead of 2003

I like how the uninspired announcer contrasts the loud alert tone.

Man, that would scare the shit out of me.

That honestly sounds like an old stockcar on moderately high RPM like 5,500 RPM

Santa’s Reindeer: *(screaming in horror)*

Christ i clicked this video on purpose and it still startled me. All this for snow chains i would be heated

This was in 2003? That attention tone sounds like it is from 1973!

Wow! He's got the *ALERT TONE* ? I always wanted an *ALERT TONE* !

"Let me see what I got here- *[REDACTED]*

"Let's see what I got here..." *_BEEP FROM HELL_*

Imagine just chilling watching tv then you get that loud alert tone

Let's see what we got here... *BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOURP*

EXTREMELY SCARY!!!

The Federal Government should have used that tone for the EAS today and it would have been 1000% more effective than the SAME Headers + Attention Signal put together.

The Local Access Alert was a national warning system in the United States designed to warn cable television viewers of impending dangers, such as tornadoes, flash flooding and other civil emergencies. The system was largely replaced by the Emergency Alert System, although it still exists in some areas which have not yet upgraded.

sounds like the same tone that was played in that 1990 recording from the same area.

this is enough to wake me up at 3am

I used to think the 1999 EAS transmission was scarier

Watching this because my city (Cleveland) had a very bad snowstorm.

This LAA Screen was probably used until 2006 or 2007

Not even that attention signal could scare me.

That's an attention signal and a half, god damn!

ive always wanted a local access alert!

Mother of god, I'm not sleeping tonight.

The alert jumpscared me

Perfect timing

************************** EMERGENCY ALERT **************************

"Let me see what I got here- *[REDACTED]* "

Why did they want it loud?

I can barely comprehend what she’s trying to say, I mean I hear her talking but I don’t exactly understand what she’s trying to tell us

I had my volume turned all the way up 😬😬

Wasn't this part of the December 2003 nor'easter?

Why am I watching this at 2:41 in the morning, I'll never get to sleep now. Scary AF lol

that attention tone is better than the S.A.M.E. tone the flashing red screen is effective too

should've gotten here...*BURRRRERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRP*

I really went ahead and blew my eardrums out

Okay, that triggered my fight or flight response!

0:03 Why is it so loud

Horrifying. I would never sleep again if I heard that.

“AHHHHHHHHHHHH!”

All they wanted to say was that we have to have snow chains but now I'm not sleeping tonight.

0:03 *REST IN PEACE ALL YE WHO USE HEADPHONES*

Now that's how you do an alert

That is the scariest and loudest warning tone ever. You would shit your pants if you heard it😊

"Lets see what i got here...." "BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

Was this from the station itself, or was this the cable company's doing?

"Let's see what I got here..." *VERY LOUD AND SHRILL ALERT TONE*

Wow, they activated eas on my Birthday Dec 9

That really isn't an emergency weather alert, IMHO. No need to interrupt the show with a loud, scary alert to tell people the snow ordinance is in effect.

If i saw this in real life, I'd have a heart attack

That is fucking terrifying

That's a most nightmares!!!

This attention tone had a huge damage cost. 😭

"Let's see what I got here..." oh, i have bleeding ears.

YOU GOT A EAS ALARM

this scared me shitless

0:03 my ears were violated

So I did some digging and apparently the police station seen in this video (St. Joseph, MO) is the same one as the one that sent this local access alert kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aJphm7mF2s_cnYU.html Granted the graphic was "updated" but it seems the alert tone needed some tuning up a bit in this one

imagine families in 2003 watching abc shitting their pants after hearing that loud tone

God I swear- what the heck.

"Let's see what I got here" BLEEEEEEEEE

What I heard is all vehicles must have chains. tire popped on the south way, this is message 28

I got scared.😂

oh god i hate this one so much

0:03 I think I just had flashbacks to Broly: The legendary Super Sayian.

0:03 A̸̡̨̨̨̢̢̨̡̡̛͍̳̰̙̩͙̭͍̯̜̣̹͎̥̯͙̳͍̦̜̤̞̟̥̻͕̹͖̩̖̭̥̥̺̣͚̖͎͍͙̪̙̯̣͉̝̮̻̦̙̯̤̺̯̎̎͑͛̍̍́͛̇̈́̐̒̇̀̍̀̐͛͌̾̉͗̾̈́͗͂̾͂̇̍͊̀͐̈̈́̂́̍͋͗̀́̔̊̐̒͂͒̌̇̓̚̕͘͘͜͜͠͝͝͝A̶̧̨̨̛̛͓͓̯̞͍͖͚͚̖̮͈͓̼̠̘̼͔̘̙͈͔͖̪̲͈̟͚͖̥̤̩̮̹̟̲̼̲̯̗̰̣̙̠̥̮̦̐̆̈́͆̒̾͛̾̋͊̈͐͌͆͋̀̽̈́̑͛̐͌̌̐͂̅̓́̈́͑̈́͐̏̈́̋̀̀̽̔̃̈̂̓̕̚͜͝͠͝ͅͅͅͅA̴̢̢̢̨̨̧̢̡̧̡̧̡̨͙̗͓̞̭̗̝͕͍̹̖̺͕̩̳͕͉̫̳̺̬͈̟͖̦̙̜̼͈͍͉̜̤̦̹̯̰̺̩͈̲̱͇̝̜̘͚̥̲͎͔̠̼͎̭̞̻͕͇̤̹͙̯͙̯̦̝͎͚̰̼̦͆̔͗̇̀̓̀͊̀̈́̃͂̌̉̽̏̈́̓͑͒͋̈́̀̓́̀̊͌͋͊̂͊̄͆̒̆͑͐̂́̋̉̒͌̒̕͜͜͜͝͝ͅͅÀ̴̢̡̡̢̧̨̢̢̡̡̢̨͎̜̼̹̲̮͈͔̳̮͚̜͎̜̠͙̲̳̲̭͍͚̞͔̯̫̖̫̦̪̗̹̱͍̱̭̻̟̱͕̘͈͚̫̤̳͕̝͖̱̖̱̻̱̟̪̠̫͙͙͈̫͖̩̦̻̞̬͙̪̝̖̳͖̻̯̮̠̳̠̠̩̖̞̪̪̻͚̀͂͗͛̑̒̀̀́̾͐̐̊͗̅͑̍̎͋͐͛̈̒̇͆̎̋̈̔̐̃̒̐̓̀̃͋̊̓͂̑̏̌́̑̈́͌͆̈̂̀̎̉͊̀̕͘͜͜͜͝͝͝͝͝͠ͅͅͅĄ̶̧̨̧̞̙̬̯̭̭̤̪̘͕̺̝̜̦̦̻̳̮͉͚͚̻̫͓͉͕̗͚̥̯͎̦̻̟͉͉̩̞̤̳̩̳͎̖̘͕̜͔̫̐̄̐̾̃̐̓̋̎̀́̑͋́́̐͛̔̃͊͛̈́́̐̆́̏̈́͐̓̊̓̔̈̔̓̿͗̄́̿͒̾̔͛͌̅̒̒̐̓̌̔̽̍͗̉̾̒̈́̋͂́̉̉̆̉̈͒̃̑͘̕̕̕͜͜͜͜͠͝͝͝ͅĀ̸̧̨̡̧̨̡̢̡̧̛̛̛͎̺͕͔͓͓͎̱̫̺̣̘̳͎͕̼̤̫̱͙͉͉͔̫͎̩̩̬̼̳͉̟̯͕̦̗̳̱̗̫̱͖̬͔͇̟͐̋͒̈̿͊̃͆͆̈́͌́̿̽̆̋͂̀̍́̇̅͛͐̾̃̑̀̈̌͛̈̓͆̆̿̽͛̒͑̊͗́͋̿̾͌͊̂̉̓͌̌̇͌̈́͌͋̊̅̈́͊̆̽͐̈͊̌̽͊̄̀̑̊̾̃̄̽̀͊̒͘̚͜͝͠͠͝͠Ą̶̗͙̣͚͙̰͎̭͔̭́́̇͐͂̾́͌́̓̏̌̿̅͐͂̓̂̓͐̓̀̽͌̓̔̂̌̃̈̈́̒̊̉̓͊̃̎͂̄̔̎͂͌̈́̃̽̿͊͗͒̎̌̄́̂̈́͂͊̄̅͂̾̂̈́̀͋͘̚̚͠͝͝͝͝͠A̷̢̨̨̤̟̝͇̤̥̞̱͕̪̜͔͎̘̻͈͓̼̱̣̲̣͓̬͖͖̩̤̙͎̱͇̥̥̺͎̹̅̒͆͗͛͒͗̀̍̈́̽̆̋̑͆̆̚͝͝͠ͅĄ̸̧̡̧̛͎̻̦̳͖͎͇͙̬͎̙͕̺͎̬͇̳͚̣̫̥͇͕̬̪̙̞͈̪͎̺̻̻̘̹̼̯̫̠̘̰̦̳̪̲̻͔̠̩̣̗̪̬̮̹̹̤͔̲̠̼̺̯͓̺̗͍̞͕̖̙̦̜͓͙̹̮͎̟̲̣͚̬͂͑̇͗̑͒̊̃̂́͐͆͗̽̌́̂͂̄̈̈͌̍͆̈̓̀̑̊̇̓̌͊͒͐̊͗͊̀͑̉̎̾̑̿̐̒͂̅̕̚̕͘͜͠ͅͅÀ̵̧̡̛̛̯̫͕̫̞͍̰̱͕̣̹͍͙̫̳̺̗̘̞̘̖̯͉̘̱̗̝͖̣̠̩͈̦͈̥̄̔́̊́͒̀̈́̏̄͗͆͗̉̓̏̈́͗͂̌̀̑͋͒̏̓͗̽̓̈͊̊̀́̅̏̒͗͒̑̍͛͗͗̃͛̋͐̇̓̆̋͊̃͐́̀̆͊͊̈́͆̄̉͑̓͘̕̕̚̚̚͝͝͠͝͝͝͝͠ͅͅĄ̶̡̧̢̢̢̧̢͈̬̭̦̗̻̰̭̯̠͖͙̰̪͚̭̞͓̘̹̭͖̠͖̫̩̥̘̰̯͕̦̞̜̱̤̘̜̻͎͔͇͓̱͍̹͕̰̹̭̭̺̼̬̳̩̦̙̜͖̝̝̯̟̻̟̤͎̫͓̬̥̳̬̠͓͖̼̭̳͛̅̀͒̌́̀͂̈̿͂̌͗̉̕̚͜͜͜ͅA̴̡̨̡̢̧̨̧̛̻͈̥̪̪̲̹̯͖̼̹͙̻͎̩̮̤͈̝͍͖̩̹̳͈͕̝̣͚̻̱͉͕̲͔̝͓̼̰̘̪͇͉̘̖͓̺̓͋̑͑̉̀́̓͑̿́̅͂̅̿̀̅̍͆̄̄͑̋̍̔̿͌̽̓̃̊̿̽̑̓͊́̽͊̈́̇̈́̋̆̆̈́̈̉͛͋̕̕̚̕̕̚͜͜͜͝͝͝ͅA̶̢̢̧̧̧̨̧̡̨̡̡̭̟̝̠͚̯̼̙̻̭͍̦̥͓͈̤̞͙͍̻̻̖̬̖̠̬͕̻͍̭̘̙͓͍̺̬̳̤̥͓̳͈̮̺̪͇͍̩͖̫̦̘̣̞̺̜͔̣̰͇̤̯̙̻͍̫͕͚͖̼̼̘̗̼̣̬͙̭̗͓͍̺͎̖͆͗̆̽̈́͛͂̒̔̎͐̆͒͌̓͐͌̈́͗̽̉̓̈́͋̑͆͐̾̈́̊͐̈́́͑̃̑͐̄̈͋̉̏͆̒͐̊́̍̈́̈́̀͗̄͆̆̓̓́̂͐̓̽̌̎̔̌̈́̾͗̏͂̾̀̾͐͂̿̎̌̿͊̉̏̓̈́̎̽̂̏́̀͘̚͘̕͜͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͠͝ͅͅͅͅÄ̸̡̡̢̡̨̢̖͎̗̥̟͓̩̮̳̪̜͓̟̭̲͙̥̲͉̦̤͍̞͉̹̭͚̲̤͚͙̲̜̻͇̂͑̽̃̂͑͋̊́̌͗̓̀̌͆͛̚͠͝Ą̶̛̛̦͍̟̮͇̜͂̑̋̇̎̄̆̈́̅͂̑̓́̈́̌͒̀̇̊͌̍͊͑̒̊͑͆͌̈̄͊̆͐̕͘͠͠͠͠A̶̢̢̡̨̡̜̫̣͉͙̭̣̩͕͍͕̥̺͖̥̞͔͈͉̠͉̗̬͎̣͈̬͔͖̪͍̝̻̥̪̠̝͓̦̦͓̝͎̬͇̖̥̥͔̗̤̭̔̓̄́͗̎̂͐̐͑͑͊̔̆̐͌̒̐̽̆̈́̽͒̿̈́̊̅́͊̀͂̾̏́̓̀̃͑̂̆̕̕̚͜͠ͅͅḀ̶̢̨̡̨̢̰̻͕̠͔͎̪̠̹̹͖͖̬̝̹͉̦̠̰̭̭̖̲̩̝̗̪͇̯̮̻͓̝̦̯̹͉͕̣͕̪̜͍̬̙̬͍̮̞͕̞͎̖̖̰̳̱͍̞̐̿̍͑̀̄̈̌̉͜ͅA̸̡͈̣̻̝̮͈̦͖̟̣̖͒̽̈́̆̾́̉͆̏͠ͅA̵̧̢̭͎̼̞͔̖̱͇̗͉͋̀͊͗̀̿̊̉̂͌̈͜͝À̴̧̢̡̧̛̛̛͙͙͉̥̞͕̗̝̬̰̣͖̺̖̬͔̭̝̤̩͎͉͖͍̭̲̦̮͖͓̖͍͖̼̳̝̥̹͓̦͚͕͉͇͎̟̐̀̿̄̊̆̈̍̌̾͆̔̀̑́̌̿̈́̇͛̿̍̓̔̀́̈̔̍͋̆̀͛̆̈̆̎̑̃̔̑͊͋͒͂̓̄̂̊͊̇̀̏͑͂͋̚͘̚͘̕̚͝͠͝͝Ą̶̨̢̛̲̯̟̳͓̼̜̤͙̻̙̰̭͈̤͕̺͔̯̲̦̩̱̭͎͙̙̜̦̻͚̣̬̬̟̰̳̬̦̟̝̖̥̭͍͍͍̦̟̰̬̝͇̝͔̭̙̻͔̤̲̫̤̝̦̠͔̝͕̘̟̠͎͍̼̳̒̂̔̄͋̎̌̂̃̄̓͑͌̍͋͒̉̃̐͗̉̾̈́̍̉̔̾̀̄͌̓̄͊͊̋̆͊̈́͋͆̓̊̒͛̎͊͛̿̈́͋͒͌͒͋̀̍͒̂͋͋̍̒̈́̅͂͆̕̚̚̚̕̚͘̚̕̕͜͜͝͝͠͝͝͝͝͝ͅͅͅĀ̸̡̨̡̢̡̨̧̡̛̞̻̱̬̥̤̙̬̺̰̳̲̥͖̬̥̻͚̮̲̦̼̠͇͙͕̝̥͈̘̰̬̣̪̞̮̙̲͖̝̱̱̞͖̮̺͉̳͔̺̣̬̰̮̱̜̗͕̯̗̼̩̠͉͓̝̩̭͖̲̯̤̹̥̹͉͉̱͕͉͉͎̪̺̖̰̹͍̙̥́̃͂͛̂̒͐͋̽̈́̓̄̀͑͗̊̐͌́̈́̅͛͌͊͗̉̇̈́́̔̍̍̉̂̍̓͐͊̃͜͜͝ͅA̷̡̨̨̢̢̨̧̧̢͎̞̘̠͚̫͖̫̖̲̼̙̗̫̫͇̫̤͙̣̼̗̜̮̯̺̝̣͓̞̩̱̺̳̺͍̼͇͚͉̺͓͖̹̭͉̼̝͕͔͎͉̩̳̝̫̻̖̠̗͔̦̪̩̼͓̝̜̯͓̙͖̞̖̩̫̼̰̤̦̪̘͎̪͔̳͇̩̓̾̎͆̚͜͜ͅͅͅͅA̸̡̡̧̨̨̢̢̛̛͙̻̦͕̱͈̖͚̯͉̺͖̱͍̠͕̣͉̙̹̦̪͚͍͈͎̳̙̹͎͕͕̜͍̘͇͓̞̬̪̻͎͉̩͍̭̟͖̣̖͓͚̬͚̭̟͉̜͍̪̍͑̈͋̔̽̒̑̄̾̓̽̃̿̾̓͊̿̐̇͆̀̉́̒̀́͌͂̀̑͐͋̈́̇̃͋̍́́̔̑͆͐͐̉͆̀͆͐̑̅͋̄̀͌̀̿́̑̔͐̊̂̏́͗̌̎̂̽͌̇̓̔̆̈̊̊̓̌̔̀̿̊̇͘̚̚̚̚̚̕͠͝͝͠͝͠͝͝͝͝ͅ

That's Scary For The Local Access Alert To Sound Like That Because In 1990 The Local Access Alert Sounded A Little Loud But Not To Much Loud A Little Bit But In 2003 They Put The Local Access Alert More Hyper Loud

0:02 The box pressed the EAS button!

0:03 When EAS Starts

Let's see what I got here *ALERT TONE*

visually silly and amateurish but man that attention tone is a fucking jumpscare. at least the ones nowadays give you time to process

0:03 Jumpscare warning

0:02 Tornado warning in Grand blanc (2003)

taco bell be like

My EARS

0:03 😳

Cant even understand what there saying. I’ve also never seen a eas like this before.

someone needs to sample 0:03 in a song

This kinda looks like it was made with a VDS840 character generator, the "from the" text looks very similar to the Helvetica Narrow Bold font (which is the font that the VDS840 uses).