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Tornado in Peoria

by mclaren22 (Subscribe)

Posted on: Jun 4, 2009 at 3:35 PM PST

Channel: Weather & Scenery

Wow lived here my whole life of 41years and never seen anything like this before i have seen storms but nothing like this

Haywood says ...

On Friday, Jun 5 at 6:37 AM

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Holy cow! Are you guys all OK? Looks like it really tore through that tent!

Laura Rillos says ...

On Monday, Jun 8 at 4:40 PM

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I'm a KVAL News reporter. The National Weather Service has confirmed this was a tornado. The NWS said your report helped the confirmation. We would love to interview you. Please e-mail me at kvalnews@kval.com or call our newsroom--541-685-5825.

Jonathan says ...

On Tuesday, Jun 9 at 10:34 AM

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Congradulations on correctly spotting a tornado! Although (as you said) this type of weather is uncommon in our neck of the woods, it can and does happen. You should join the NOAA/NWS weather spotter program, you'd be a great asset to the team!

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