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A tornado about a mile wide ripped through Parkersburg and surrounding towns in Iowa on Sunday, May 25, 2008, killing seven people and injuring 67 in Parkersburg.

The tornado struck between 5:30 and 6:15 p.m., moving across the towns of Aplinton, New Hartford, Waterloo and Dunkerton then bearing down on Parkersburg which suffered the brunt of the storm.

Most of Parkersburg has some damage but the southern half of town was devastated by the tornado. Homes, banks, the high school and restaurants were destroyed.

Final assessment of the tornado rated it a low EF-5, with estimated wind speeds up to 205 mph.

On May 28, 2008 it was announced that all of the town's records were lost in the storm. Computer backups may be salvageable, but official's first priority, it was said, is organizing the massive clean-up and reconstruction effort.


I am a farmer in parkersburg and i took that picture around 5pm it was almost a mile wide

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