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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
329 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008

...PRELIMINARY TIME LINE FOR THE MAY 25TH PARKERSBURG-NEW HARTFORD-DUNKERTON
TORNADO...


**330 PM CDT --STORM PREDICTION CENTER ISSUES TORNADO WATCH 363 FOR MUCH OF
IOWA INCLUDING BUTLER AND BLACKHAWK COUNTIES.

**422 PM CDT --STORM-BASED TORNADO WARNING ISSUED FOR NORTHEASTERN GRUNDY...
NORTHEASTERN HARDIN...BUTLER...AND SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES. TORNADO 
WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES OF APLINGTON AND PARKERSBURG.

**446 PM CDT --FOLLOW-UP STORM-BASED TORNADO WARNING ISSUED FOR NORTHERN
GRUNDY AND SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTIES. WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES OF
APLINGTON...PARKERSBURG...AND NEW HARTFORD. WARNING TEXT: THE TORNADO WILL
BE NEAR PARKERSBURG BY 500 PM CDT. 

**448 PM CDT --INITIAL TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 2 MILES SOUTH OF APLINGTON NEAR THE
BUTLER-GRUNDY COUNTY LINE.

**451 PM CDT --FOLLOW-UP STATEMENT TO TORNADO WARNING ISSUED. STATEMENT TEXT:
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR PARKERSBURG BY 500 PM CDT.

**458 PM CDT --FOLLOW-UP STATEMENT TO TORNADO WARNING ISSUED. STATEMENT TEXT:
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR NEW HARTFORD BY 510 PM CDT.

**459 PM CDT --TORNADO MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF PARKERSBURG.
  
**502 PM CDT --FOLLOW-UP STATEMENT TO TORNADO WARNING ISSUED. STATEMENT TEXT:
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR NEW HARTFORD BY 510 PM CDT.

**504 PM CDT --STORM-BASED TORNADO WARNING ISSUED FOR NORTHERN BLACKHAWK AND
BREMER COUNTIES. WARNING INCLUDES NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...
AND AREAS NORTH OF DUNKERTON.

**509 PM CDT --TORNADO HITS HOUSING SUBDIVISION ONE MILE NORTH OF NEW HARTFORD.

**521 PM CDT --STORM-BASED TORNADO WARNING ISSUES FOR BLACKHAWK AND SOUTHERN
BREMER COUNTIES. WARNING INCLUDES WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...AND DUNKERTON.

**522 PM TO 550 PM CDT --TORNADO MOVES INTO NORTHERN BLACKHAWK COUNTY AND 
CONTINUES EAST...PRODUCING DAMAGE JUST NORTH OF CEDAR FALLS AND WATERLOO.

**537 PM CDT --STORM-BASED TORNADO WARNING ISSUED FOR NORTHERN BLACKHAWK COUNTY.
WARNING INCLUDES WATERLOO...CEDAR FALLS...AND DUNKERTON. STATEMENT TEXT: THE
TORNADO WILL BE NEAR DUNKERTON BY 550 PM CDT.

**551 PM CDT --TORNADO HITS FARMHOUSE 3 MILES NORTH OF DUNKERTON.

**558 PM CDT --TORNADO LIFTS JUST BEFORE ENTERING BUCHANAN COUNTY.

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RK