Bob I'm from Iowa And we had a twister hit Northeast Iowa at Parkersburg 6 people were killed. the storm hit Parkersburg at 5PM. it is 20miles from Cedar Falls Iowa, the winds was 120 to 150 miles a hr. 1/3 of Parkersburg got hit. The storm sirens sounded which did help prevented even great loss of life. 70 people were injured in the storm. The Aplington/ Parkersburg high school was destroyed by the Twister. Iowa's Governor Chet Culver declared Black Hawk & Butler countries Disaster areas.I live in central Iowa we had 1 inche of rain and alot of lightening and thunder and wind but no one got hurt down here. Des Moines, Iowa had hail too It missed us.
Deb Adams from Kellogg, Iowa
Deb Adams
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