May 15 1968 Northeast Iowa Tornadoes Acknowledgements

Severe Thunderstorms from Texas to the Central Gulf Coast; Heavy Rainfall in Central Texas on Thursday

Severe thunderstorms will continue tonight from Texas to the Central Gulf Coast, with scattered damaging winds and large hail as the main threats. Heavy to excessive rainfall is expected over portions of central Texas Thursday, shifting into eastern Texas into the central Gulf Coast on Friday. Read More >

Who Helped with This Project?

The National Weather Service office in La Crosse, WI would like to sincerely thank the following for their assistance in compiling the information contained in this web site:

Steve Carr, Communications Specialist, at NewspaperARCHIVE.com

Mark Wicks, Managing Editor, Charles City Press

Deb Kunkle, City Editor, Oelwein Daily Register

Fly Tornado Paths Using Google Earth - Professor Perry Samson, University of Michigan's Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences

Greg Carbin, NCEP Storm Prediction Center

Harry Hillaker, Iowa State Climatologist

Jeff Sisson for providing his personal account and pictures of the Charles City aftermath

Significant Tornadoes: 1680-1991 , Thomas P. Grazulis

Seth Binau, NWS La Crosse Lead Forecaster, for helping proofread some of the pages.

Todd Shea, NWS La Crosse Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM), for making valuable contacts at the Central Iowa NWA Severe Storms & Doppler Radar Conference. These contacts helped greatly helped with this project. He also helped with providing suggestions and with proofreading some of the pages.

Tornado History Project

All the individuals who so graciously shared their accounts, despite the tragic memories it brought back for many.