Firefighters Escape Tornado, Record Storm on Cell Phone

VIDEO CAPTURED ON A CELL PHONE WHILE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THE TORNADO BY PARKERSBURG FIREFIGHTERS ERIK SCHONEMAN & ROD TRUAX JR. VIDEO WAS TAKEN 1/4 MILE SOUTHWEST OF PARKERSBURG

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Tornado Enters Parkersburg

"... TORNADO IN PARKERSBURG TAKEN FROM A BARN NEAR PARKERSBURG ..."

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Graduation Party-goers Seek Shelter from Tornado

"MOM WAS HOLDING THE CAMERA AND DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE IT WAS STILL ON DURING MY GRADUATION PARTY DURING THE MAY 25TH TORNADO IN PARKERSBURG, IOWA. THEY TOOK COVER IN A WALK-IN COOLER AT THE RESTAURANT WHERE THE PARTY WAS AT."

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ATM Camera Captures Tornado Striking Homes

SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS AT THE ATM IN THE DRIVE-UP LANE AT THE FIRST STATE BANK IN PARKERSBURG, IOWA, SHOWS A HOME IN PARKERSBURG BEING DESTROYED BY AN EF5 TORNADO ON SUNDAY, MAY 25, 2008. THE VIDEO WAS PROVIDED BY FIRST STATE BANK OFFICIALS.

Security Cameras Record As Tornado Destroys Bank

THESE VIDEO EXCERPTS, TAKEN FROM A SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS, WERE PROVIDED BY OFFICIALS WITH FIRST STATE BANK IN PARKERSBURG, IOWA. THEY SHOW VARIOUS VIEWS OF AN EF5 TORNADO THAT HIT THE BANK ON SUNDAY, MAY 25, 2008, DESTROYING THE BANK AND MANY OTHER HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN PARKERSBURG.

Storm Chasers Arrive in Parkersburg Moments After Tornado Tears Through

A GROUP OF STORM CHASERS FOLLOWING THE SUPERCELL STORM THAT PRODUCED TORNADOES IN NE IOWA ON MAY 25, 2008, FOLLOW THE STORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH PARKERSBURG AND INTO NEW HARTFORD.

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Storm Chasers Spot Funnel Near New Hartford

A GROUP OF STORM CHASERS FOLLOWING THE SUPERCELL STORM THAT PRODUCED TORNADOES IN NE IOWA ON MAY 25, 2008, FOLLOW THE STORM AS IT MOVES TOWARDS NEW HARTFORD.

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Tornado As It Passed Cedar Falls

VIDEO SUBMITTED BY JIM QUISTORFF. HIS SON, ZACH, TOOK THIS VIDEO AS HE WAS LEAVING WORK AT HY-VEE CEDAR FALLS HEADING NORTH ON HIGHWAY 218 TOWARDS C57.

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Storm Chasers Intercept Storm Near Dunkerton

"... WE DROPPED SOUTH TO DUNKERTON WHERE WE THEN HEADED 1/2 MILE WEST. THE WEDGE THEN EMERGED FROM THE RAIN AND THE WEST SIDE OF THE TORNADO WAS VISIBLE ... IT THEN CONTINUED EAST OF DUNKERTON AND WAS THEN DUE NORTH OF US ... WE HEADED EAST AND WITNESSED THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE TORNADO ILLUMINATED BY A LARGE COLUMN OF BROWN DUST ..."

Deadly Parkersburg Tornado Tears Through Rural NE Iowa

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