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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
649 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008
..40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN
AND MAYNARD
F5 TORNADOES - MAY 15 1968...
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OF MAY 15 1968...FIVE
TORNADOES /TWO F1S...ONE F2...AND TWO F5S/ OCCURRED IN IOWA. THESE
TORNADOES WERE PART OF THE MAY 15-16 1968 OUTBREAK /39 TORNADOES/
WHICH AFFECTED TEN STATES. IN IOWA...THE TORNADOES CAUSED
18 FATALITIES AND 619 INJURIES. SINCE THIS OUTBREAK...NO OTHER
TORNADOES HAVE PRODUCED THIS MANY DEATHS OR INJURIES IN IOWA. THERE
ALSO HAS ONLY BEEN ONE OTHER IOWA F5 TORNADO /JORDAN - JUNE 13
1976/.
IN REMEMBRANCE OF THESE F5 TORNADOES...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN LA CROSSE HAS CREATED A WEB SITE. THIS SITE CONTAINS INFORMATION
ABOUT THE 5 TORNADOES THAT OCCURRED IN NORTHEAST IOWA ON
THAT DAY...THE OUTBREAK THAT THEY WERE A PART OF...THE WEATHER
CONDITIONS THAT WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT...AND
NEWSPAPER AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THESE DEVASTATING TORNADOES.
THIS WEB SITE CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING LINK...
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/ARX/?N=MAY151968
ALL LOWER CASE
A SPECIAL THANKS GOES OUT TO THE CHARLES CITY PRESS...OELWEIN DAILY
REGISTER...NEWSPAPERARCHIVE.COM...GREG CARBIN AT THE STORM
PREDICTION CENTER...THE IOWA STATE CLIMATOLOGIST /HARRY HILLAKER/...
THE TORNADO HISTORY PROJECT...JEFF SISSON...THOMAS P. GRAZULIS...AND
ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO SO GRACIOUSLY SHARED THEIR ACCOUNTS WITH
US DESPITE TRAGIC MEMORIES IT BROUGHT BACK FOR MANY. WITHOUT THE
HELP OF THOSE LISTED ABOVE...WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO SUCH
A THOROUGH SUMMARY ON THIS EVENT.
ANY COMMENTS...QUESTIONS...OR SUGGESTIONS ON THIS WEB SITE CAN BE
E-MAILED TO...
JEFF.BOYNE@NOAA.GOV
BOYNE
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