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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (ferrell{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Sat May 22 2004 - 09:54:19 EDT

FULL STORY:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,120665,00.html

QUOTES:
"While Iowa was hardest hit, severe weather wiped out power as it whipped
through parts of West Virginia, Nebraska and Ohio late Friday. While Iowa
was hardest hit, severe weather wiped out power as it whipped through parts
of West Virginia, Nebraska and Ohio late Friday. In Iowa's Pocahontas
County (search), sheriff's officers said a tornado moved through a golf
course and cemetery in Rolfe, population 721, before ripping through
Bradgate (search) in neighboring Humboldt County.

"All of the houses and buildings have sustained some type of damage," said
Brian Rickless, a Humboldt County sheriff's deputy who was headed to
Bradgate when the tornado hit.

The head of the state's homeland security department, Ellen Gordman,
estimated that 90 percent of Bradgate's homes

Elsewhere, severe thunderstorms and a possible tornado swept across much of
West Virginia, from the Ohio River to the Virginia border, knocking out
electricity for about 63,500 customers."

FULL STORY:
http://www.kwwl.com/Global/story.asp?S=1887731

QUOTES:
"A tornado tore apart a farm house in Palo, northwest of Cedar Rapids.

The ominous dark clouds moved over the Kibbie farm house, causing
unthinkable destruction. Ruth Kibbie could see the tornado coming from
inside. It ripped the roof completely off the house and blew the walls out.
The tornado's fury touched every building on the farm."

GRUNDY County Tornado
KWWL - Waterloo,IA,USA
It began with a twin tornado a south of Dike in Grundy County. KWWL News
Anchor Ron Steele was on the scene about 2:30 PM Friday ...
<http://www.kwwl.com/Global/story.asp?S=1887729>
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TORNADO Rips Through Small Iowa Town
Kansas City Star (subscription) - Kansas City,MO,USA
DES MOINES, Iowa - A tornado cut a path through northwestern Iowa on Friday
night, causing heavy damage in two small towns. There ...
<http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/consumer_news/8727515.htm>
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TORNADO injures 15 in northwest Iowa
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - Minneapolis,MN,USA
DES MOINES -- A tornado cut a path through northwestern Iowa Friday, causing
heavy damage in two small towns and injuring 15 people, state officials
said, as ...
<http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/4790109.html>
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IOWA Town Blasted By Tornado
Milwaukee Channel.com - Milwaukee,WI,USA
DES MOINES, Iowa -- The tiny town of Bradgate, Iowa, was all but destroyed
by a tornado late Friday. Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack issued ...
<http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/weather/3334868/detail.html>
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