Memorial Day Weekend Outbreak 2008

[6SpeedTA95]

Tornado just west of me.

[HURAKAN]

Tornado just west of me.

I don't have to tell you to be careful. Interesting nonetheless.

[Bunkertor]

No warning out - can you see or hear it ?

[6SpeedTA95]

No warning out - can you see or hear it ?

Warning has expired...looks like its reorganizing a bit, this is a sloooooowwwww moving storm.

[Bunkertor]

No warning out - can you see or hear it ?

Warning has expired...looks like its reorganizing a bit, this is a sloooooowwwww moving storm.

Yes - the MD´s mentioned that...but it´s over. A sigh of relief and a cup of sleep for me...

[HarlequinBoy]

Anyways, SVR out for my county.. lots of lightning to my northwest. I'm not complaining! It's really cooled down.

[HurricaneBill]

The Parkersburg tornado is the second deadliest tornado in Iowa since 1950. The only tornado that was deadlier was the F5 that ripped through Charles City in 1968, killing 13.

[Calasanjy]

The Parkersburg tornado is the second deadliest tornado in Iowa since 1950. The only tornado that was deadlier was the F5 that ripped through Charles City in 1968, killing 13.

Definitely, and according to the NWS survey team the tornado was either (E)F4 or (E)F5. I've seen footage of the aftermath in Parkersburg showing large house debris piles that appear to be in the EF4 range. Are there any videos of the actual tornado as it moved through Parkersburg? I just found one on YouTube of the tornado passing near Dunkerton as an over mile-wide wedge, humongous twister.

Video URL: http://youtube.com/watch?v=eTsTxHD3C1U

From what you guys have seen from the damage footage, would you guess EF4 or 5? I suppose they'll announce the final rating tomorrow.

[HarlequinBoy]

0910 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 N ROBINSONVILLE 34.83N 90.32W
05/26/2008 TUNICA MS LAW ENFORCEMENT

POWERLINES DOWN NEAR HARRAHS CASINO


Third time this year we've lost power due to storms. Not as long as on 2/5 though.

[brunota2003]

Looking at just the tornado in that video, I'd say EF5. Looking at the one damage picture that I've seen (the one that was posted on here, I havent seen any other photos), though, I'd say a mid range EF4.

[snoopj]

It appears that the death toll for the Iowa storm is back up to 7 again.

http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2008 ... 138528.txt

I guess there was some confusion earlier and the number was reduced to 6. Either way, any loss of life to a storm is a heartbreaker.

--snoopj

[RL3AO]

More stuff will be out later today.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/dmx/Parkersburg-NewHartford-Dunkerton.pdf

[snoopj]

Later on, down the line of the Iowa storm in Buchanan and Delaware county, the ratings are out for those storms:

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
840 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

...TORNADO SURVEY AND DAMAGE INFORMATION FOR BUCHANAN AND DELAWARE
COUNTIES...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED TWO TORNADOES
OCCURRED SUNDAY EVENING IN PORTIONS OF BUCHANAN AND DELAWARE
COUNTIES. THE INFORMATION IS LISTED BELOW.

AN ADDITIONAL SWATH OF DAMAGE WAS NOTED OVER BUCHANAN COUNTY NORTH
OF HIGHWAY 20 NEAR LAMONT. THE STORM SURVEY INVESTIGATION IS STILL
ONGOING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THIS DAMAGE.

TORNADO NUMBER 1...

* LOCATION...BUCHANAN AND DELAWARE COUNTIES...FROM NEAR FAIRBANK TO
NEAR ONEIDA.
* TIME OF OCCURRENCE...ESTIMATED 605 PM TO 710 PM CDT ON
SUNDAY...5/25/2008.
* INJURIES/FATALITIES...3 INJURIES.
* EF-SCALE RATING...EF-3 INTENSITY.
* ESTIMATED WIND SPEED...160 MPH.
* PATH INFORMATION...PATH WIDTH WAS 0.7 MILES WIDE. PATH LENGTH WAS
32.4 MILES. THE PATH EXTENDED FROM 2.9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
FAIRBANK TO 2.25 MILES NORTHWEST OF ONEIDA.
LATITUDE/LONGITUDE COORDINATES OF THE PATH STARTING POINT ARE
42.603 DEGREES NORTH... 92.018 DEGREES WEST.
LATITUDE/LONGITUDE COORDINATES OF THE PATH ENDING POINT ARE
42.564 DEGREES NORTH... 91.392 DEGREES WEST.
* DAMAGE INFORMATION...3 HOMES DESTROYED. NUMEROUS FARMSTEADS AND
OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED. TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN. MANY HOMES
WITH ROOF DAMAGE. SOUTH EDGE OF HAZELTON SEVERAL NON ANCHORED MOBILE
HOMES AT DEALERSHIP WERE DESTROYED.

TORNADO NUMBER 2...

* LOCATION...EASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY...SOUTH OF PETERSBURG.
* TIME OF OCCURRENCE...ESTIMATED 730 PM TO 740 PM CDT ON
SUNDAY...5/25/2008.
* INJURIES/FATALITIES...NO INJURIES.
* EF-SCALE RATING...EF-1 INTENSITY.
* ESTIMATED WIND SPEED...90 MPH.
* PATH INFORMATION...PATH WIDTH WAS 250 YARDS WIDE. PATH LENGTH WAS
6 MILES. THE PATH EXTENDED FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PETERSBURG
TO 3.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PETERSBURG.
LATITUDE/LONGITUDE COORDINATES OF THE PATH STARTING POINT ARE
42.536 DEGREES NORTH... 91.270 DEGREES WEST.
LATITUDE/LONGITUDE COORDINATES OF THE PATH ENDING POINT ARE
42.532 DEGREES NORTH... 91.154 DEGREES WEST.
* DAMAGE INFORMATION...TREES AND NUMEROUS FARM OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED.

ENHANCED FUJITA /EF/ SCALE INFORMATION...

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE BELOW NUMBERS ARE APPROXIMATE WIND SPEEDS FOR
THE DAMAGE CATEGORIES.

EF0... 65 - 85 MPH
EF1... 86 - 110 MPH
EF2... 111 - 135 MPH
EF3... 136 - 165 MPH
EF4... 166 - 200 MPH
EF5... 201 MPH OR GREATER

FOR MORE INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT THE NOAA/NWS QUAD CITIES WEB PAGE
AT http://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/QUADCITIES OR CALL 563-386-3976.

Link: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_ ... 8&source=0

[Ed Mahmoud]

Be interesting to see whether any storm can take advantage of the likely boost in low level vorticity where the outflow boundary from the NE Texas storms meets the cold front, near, about, Vernon, TX

Visible loop

[CrazyC83]

Parkersburg update: Press conference by NWS Des Moines at 4:30 pm CDT (about 50 minutes from now).

[HurricaneBill]

Parkersburg update: Press conference by NWS Des Moines at 4:30 pm CDT (about 50 minutes from now).

I read in an article that it is definitely at least an EF4.

I'm guessing the final rating will be high end EF4.

[brunota2003]

Parkersburg update: Press conference by NWS Des Moines at 4:30 pm CDT (about 50 minutes from now).

I read in an article that it is definitely at least an EF4.

I'm guessing the final rating will be high end EF4.

Anyone know if it'll be broadcast on the news channels (i.e. CNN, Fox News)?

[CrazyC83]

Parkersburg update: Press conference by NWS Des Moines at 4:30 pm CDT (about 50 minutes from now).

I read in an article that it is definitely at least an EF4.

I'm guessing the final rating will be high end EF4.

Anyone know if it'll be broadcast on the news channels (i.e. CNN, Fox News)?

I'm not sure if it will be.

[CrazyC83]

Des Moines Register: calling it an EF5

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/p ... /TORNADOES

[RL3AO]