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Tornado outbreak of May 22–27, 2008

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the southern part of the community just before 5:00 pm CDT. Numerous homes and businesses, two banks, and a high school were destroyed as the south side of Parkersburg was essentially flattened. As the tornado entered town, a large and well-constructed metal frame industrial building that was being converted into a church was obliterated at EF5 intensity, with the structure's metal beam frame mangled into a pile and pushed off of the foundation. Beams were twisted and sheared off at their bases at this location. Residential areas in Parkersburg were devastated by the tornado, as whole neighborhoods were leveled and entire rows of homes were swept away, leaving only basements behind in some cases. Some of the homes swept away in town were bolted to their foundations. A rebar support set into the foundation of one home was found snapped in half, hardwood trees throughout southern Parkersburg were completely debarked and denuded, and shrubs were uprooted and stripped in some areas as well. Aplington-Parkersburg High School sustained EF4 structural damage, and reinforced concrete light poles near the school were snapped and dragged along the ground by the tornado, indicative of extremely intense low-level inflow winds. As the tornado exited at the east side of town, the tornado struck a golf course and a newly built subdivision. Multiple large and well-built homes with anchor bolts were swept completely away at that location. Two of these homes had no visible debris left anywhere near the foundations, one of which was built "with above standard construction methods." At one home that was swept away in this subdivision, a concrete walk-out basement wall was partially pushed over, and the concrete basement floor sustained cracking. Structural debris from the town was wind-rowed in long streaks through fields in this area, with much of the debris finely granulated into small fragments, some no larger than coins. The tornado was estimated to have been about
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collapsed, and a small two-story office building had its second story torn off, and sustained collapse of exterior walls on the first floor. A train in town was derailed, with 15 rail cars overturned and a lumber car destroyed. The tornado also flattened Windsor's main feedlot and destroyed a dairy barn, killing numerous cows. The Windmill Daycare Center sustained a direct hit, where about 150 children were located but none were injured as they took cover from the storm, which blew out most of the building's windows and removed a large section of its roof. The tornado continued through rural areas north of Windsor and narrowed. A barn and two outbuildings were destroyed as it passed near the town of
289: 988:, it turned to the east-northeast, missing the town and growing up to 1.2 miles (1.9 km) wide. Some re-intensification occurred in this area, as consistent high-end EF2 damage was noted at multiple farms. Numerous hog containment buildings were destroyed, and a few homes that were impacted sustained some collapse of exterior walls. Mud and corn stubble was picked up from farm fields near Dunkerton and plastered thickly against fences, power poles, and houses. Shortly before reaching 912: 448: 38: 996: 954: 801: 625: 779:. The Windsor tornado caused a total of $ 147 million in damages, making it the 4th costliest disaster in Colorado state history, and the costliest tornado in Colorado history as well. In addition to being the costliest tornado in Colorado history, it was also the widest, and had the 2nd longest path length of any Colorado twister as well. 751:, where one man was killed in his motor home. Large metal electrical transmission poles were snapped off at their bases near the campground, indicative of EF3 intensity. Tractor-trailers were flipped and hundreds of power poles were snapped as the tornado continued northwestward. The large wedge tornado then struck the town of 939:
at 4:48 pm CDT. East of Aplington, the tornado traveled through a series of farm fields, leaving distinct cycloidal marks in the corn stubble. It then tracked toward Parkersburg, becoming extremely violent, intensifying to EF5 strength, and growing into a large wedge-shaped tornado as it tore through
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On May 25, notices for moderate risk of severe weather were issued for northern Kansas, southern Nebraska, eastern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa, and western Wisconsin with a slight risk from Texas to northwestern Ontario. Watches extended along all the corridor and storms developed in four different
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alone. While the tornado was caught on tape and photographed by spotters, a surveillance camera inside a bank in Parkersburg also caught the tornado on tape as the storm passed over the building. Another surveillance camera showed the tornado ripping the roof off a house across a street before the
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Seven people were killed in Parkersburg and two were killed in New Hartford, where the housing development was destroyed. 288 homes in Parkersburg, and 88 in and around New Hartford were damaged or destroyed. While initially rated high-end EF4, a final assessment determined that the tornado was an
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issued a slight risk for severe weather for southwestern Ontario. The moderate risk in Kansas was a bust as the severe weather was limited to just a few tornadoes across western Texas and central Kansas. Meanwhile, only isolated strong thunderstorms across southern and eastern Ontario during the
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On May 23, thunderstorms fired up across much of the same areas, where a moderate risk of severe storms was issued for northern Kansas. Tornado watches stretched from Wyoming into Oklahoma. Supercells were reported across northern Kansas and Colorado as well as southern Kansas where an intense
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directly, damaging hundreds of homes and several businesses at EF2 to EF3 strength. The most intense damage occurred in the eastern part of town, where some homes lost roofs and exterior walls, and trees sustained extensive denuding and some debarking. An automotive business almost entirely
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mile (400 m) in width as it continued to impact rural areas. Damage along this section of the path was mostly minor, though a few farms sustained EF2 damage. Intense cycloidal marks were again noted in farm fields in this area. As the tornado approached
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where it caused major damage. Around 50 houses were destroyed and 150 damaged in Creek View Preserve and Water's Edge neighborhoods of Hugo, and 500 homes were damaged in total. A two-year-old child was killed and nine people were seriously injured.
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warning area alone and over 80 tornadoes confirmed that day and night, with two deaths reported in Pratt County and at least five people were injured in Kansas alone with the most across
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from May 22–27, 2008. It was also one of the largest continuous tornado outbreaks on record. A total of 173 tornadoes were confirmed, with the most intense activity occurring across the
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EF5 with estimated peak winds of about 205 miles per hour (330 km/h). It was determined that 17 homes and an industrial building sustained EF5 damage along the path. According to
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Numerous tornadoes were reported across northern Kansas, however damage was limited due to the sparsely populated areas it affected. Another intense storm traveled across northern
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A moderate risk of severe weather was issued for central Kansas from the same storm system for May 26 while a large slight risk area was issued by the SPC from Texas to southern
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Severe thunderstorm and tornado watches extended from eastern Wyoming into northern Kansas early on May 22. Just before noon, a mile-wide (1.6 km) tornado was reported near
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at EF3 strength, causing extensive damage to homes and buildings in town. One person was killed at the Missile Silo Campground near Greeley. An EF2 tornado struck the city of
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A large and well-built house that sustained EF5 damage at the east edge of Parkersburg. Note the concrete walk-out basement wall partially pushed over on the left.
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doppler radar (Velocity – Storm Relative Motion) image at 1735 UTC showing tornado-producing supercell thunderstorm near Windsor, Colorado. (NWS Colorado/Boulder)
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and the Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management, damage was preliminary estimated at $ 6 million in northern Iowa including more than $ 3 million in
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Heavy rains fell throughout much of the weekend across southern Alberta with local areas reporting as much as 8 inches (200 mm) according to the
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of a mile (1.1 of a km) wide as it struck Parkersburg. Seven people died in town, several of which were taking shelter in basements.
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in the late afternoon of May 25, 2008. The first tornado warning of the cell was issued at 4:22 pm CDT (21:22 UTC) for the
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The Windsor tornado was the first fatal and the first EF3 tornado in Colorado since a nighttime EF3 tornado hit
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After passing through Parkersburg, the EF5 tornado continued eastward towards the neighboring town of
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due to the extensive storm damage. The tornado was the first F5 or EF5 tornado in Iowa since one hit
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on June 13, 1976, and the second deadliest in Iowa since official record-keeping began in 1950. The
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areas including northern Texas, northern Kansas, central Minnesota and Iowa and southern Manitoba.
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during the evening hours. At least 45 tornadoes were reported across the region on May 22.
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Just before noon on May 22, a mile-wide, EF3 wedge tornado developed between the towns of
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Remains of a house that was swept away at EF5 strength at the north edge of New Hartford.
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and killed two people near the Kansas state line as part of a similar outbreak on
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area. A large tornado developed shortly after, touching down two miles south of
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area on May 15, 1968, and killed 13 while producing F5 damage. On May 29,
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Slideshow of aerial damage of Hugo, Minnesota tornado (Courtesy of WCCO)
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during the evening hours for a total of 13 reports throughout the day.
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in parts of Texas. One thunderstorm produced several tornadoes across
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Detailed damage survey of the Parkersburg tornado from NWS Des Moines
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causing some damage to roofs of businesses and tossing trucks across
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area. Several areas across the province were under flood warnings.
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reported that lightweight debris from the Waterloo area, including
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regions. However, two weak tornadoes were later confirmed north of
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Slideshow of tornado damage in Weld County, CO (Courtesy of KCNC)
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Interactive map: See how close a tornado has come to your home
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EF5 damage to an industrial building in western Parkersburg.
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List of tornadoes in the tornado outbreak of May 22–27, 2008
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House that was reduced to its basement in Parkersburg, Iowa
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List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
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Three tornadoes in Canada were rated according to the
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EF3 damage to a two-story office building in Windsor.
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evening hours while very limited activity across the
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on May 4–5, 2007. An EF4 tornado affected areas near
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List of tornadoes with confirmed satellite tornadoes
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On May 24, a slight risk was issued for much of the
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Locke. 2136:"Southern Alberta on flood watch as rivers swell" 1927:"Details of the Parkersburg Storm Damage Survey" 1710: 1708: 1706: 1576:"May 26, 2008 1630 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook" 1247:"May 23, 2008 1630 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook" 1960: 1958: 1956: 1954: 1272:"Storms in Iowa, Minn. bring heartbreak, grief" 805:The EF5 wedge tornado seen east of Parkersburg. 185:13 fatalities (+1 non-tornadic), 215 injuries 2775: 2604: 2220: 2189:Video of May 30 Kansas and Nebraska tornadoes 412:(at the Canada–US border) to Oklahoma with a 8: 2200:Detailed analysis of the Parkersburg tornado 793: 617: 30: 3063:2008 natural disasters in the United States 1114:Tornado outbreak sequence of May 7–15, 2008 479:At 4:55 pm, an EF3 tornado touched down in 2782: 2768: 2760: 2611: 2597: 2589: 2227: 2213: 2205: 1851:"The Parkersburg, IA Tornado: 25 May 2008" 919:A strong supercell developed in northeast 799: 792: 623: 616: 240:A multi-day tornado outbreak affected the 36: 29: 460:touched down and struck the Iowa town of 1653:. 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Archived from 1062:, over 100 miles (160 km) away. 789:2008 Parkersburg–New Hartford tornado 264:on May 25 and nine were killed by an 7: 1972:. NOAA. May 26, 2009. Archived from 1787:"Colorado tornado kills at least on" 1446:"8 twisters: big storms, small toll" 400:and later into portions of northern 1902:from the original on March 22, 2015 1860:. American Meteorological Society. 1769:"Residents allowed back into homes" 992:, the tornado abruptly dissipated. 665:May 22, 2008, 12:16 p.m. 653:May 22, 2008, 11:26 a.m. 31:Tornado outbreak of May 22–27, 2008 2097:"Tornado History Project Database" 1789:. KSNW. 2008-05-22. Archived from 841:May 25, 2008, 5:58 p.m. 829:May 25, 2008, 4:48 p.m. 487:area. The tornado then moved into 260:. One person was also killed near 25: 1867:from the original on 3 March 2016 1479:. CNN. 2008-05-24. Archived from 1109:Tornado outbreak of May 1–2, 2008 330:which is about one hour north of 3103:May 2008 events in North America 1898:. NWs Des Moines. 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Enhanced Fujita scale
central plains
United States
Great Plains
Windsor, Colorado
Pratt County, Kansas
Hugo, Minnesota
EF5 tornado
Parkersburg, Iowa
New Hartford, Iowa
Waterloo, Iowa

National Weather Service
low pressure system
Rocky Mountains
Alberta
British Columbia
EF5 tornado

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