The 3T22 is a Federal Signal outdoor warning siren widely installed in American towns for tornado and civil defense alerts, and its attack tone is the steady wail most people recognise from emergency tests and storm warnings. The sound has become a familiar shorthand for danger in videos, games, and edits, where a few seconds instantly set a serious or apocalyptic mood. A similar siren effect is often used alongside the -999 Social Credit Siren in meme edits that parody emergency broadcasts and exaggerated warnings.