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DescriptionParkersburg tornado.jpg	English: Image of the Parkersburg tornado taking by a National Weather Service meteorologist from the Des Moines office. The photo was taken at around 5:05 PM CDT at the time the storm was located between Parkersburg and New Hartford. Courtesy of NWS Des Moines
Date	25 May 2008
Source	http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=dmx&storyid=14909&source=0 ; dead link, different context archived here https://web.archive.org/web/20150905214456/http://www.weather.gov/media/dmx/SigEvents/2008-05-25_ParkersburgTornado.pdf
Author	NWS Des Moines meteorologist Rod Donavon

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File:Parkersburg tornado.jpg: Photographer is an NWS employee; confirms that the photo was taken on his own time and that he is the copyright owner. Stopped responding September 21. VRT ticket:2024103010003681
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File:Parkersburg tornado.jpg: Photographer is an NWS employee; confirms that the photo was taken on his own time and that he is the copyright owner. Stopped responding September 21. VRT ticket:2024103010003681
File:Roanoke-tornado-july-04-parsons-after.jpg: Creator uncertain: NWS publicly credits Woodford County EM; Woodford County EM says that NWS told them that copyright belongs to Indiana State Police (VRT ticket:2024092110006474) ; FOIA request with Indiana State Police has not been able to find this image in ISP records as of October 18 (VRT ticket:2024101010006787)

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2008-06-02 14:41 JForget 1000×750× (103508 bytes) Image of the Parkersburg tornado taking by a National Weather Service meteorologist from the Des Moines office. The photo was taken at around 5:05 PM CDT at the time the storm was located between Parkersburg and New Hartford. Courtesy of NWS Des Moines S

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File:Parkersburg tornado.jpg

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