Talk:2008 Parkersburg–New Hartford tornado

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Question

Can we add the possibillity of this tornado not being one continuous tornado? shane (talk to me if you want!) 13:36, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

I mean, is there a source for that? ^EF₅ 13:40, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

I know this might not be reliable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DewcUnD--8

If you watched the video you can see that where the Parkersburg tornado was "continuous" after New Hartford, there was no damage found in that area, and even the official damage survey supports a claim that the tornado was irregular after New Hartford. There is also radar signature velocity found after New Hartford with another inflow and outflow signature north east of the Parkersburg-New Hartford tornado.

On page 1 of the Damage survey (Page 1) it shows a path from southwest Parkersburg to just east of New Hartford. Not the 43-44.5 mile long track. shane (talk to me if you want!) 13:47, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Nick Kraz isn't a reliable source. Everything else is either WP:SYNTH or WP:OR. ^EF₅ 13:50, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

What about the damage survey? shane (talk to me if you want!) 13:52, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

That image shows it going all the way to near Fairbanks. ^EF₅ 13:56, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

"The tornado weakened around 3 miles east of New Hartford with lesser damage as it moved east to north of the Waterloo and Cedar Falls area. Significant straight line winds occurred along and just south of the tornado track with preliminary estimates of 90 to 100 mph. The tornado then grew in size to near 1.2 miles wide north of Dunkerton causing substantial damage to a farmstead there." - It seems like the tornado just weakened between New Hartford and Dunkerton, and the damage map shown also indicated that there was an approximate edge of the tornado in between those two cities as well. ActuallyElite (talk) 14:00, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

The first page of the damage survey i linked has an image of the damage path that is Parkersburg to just northeast of New Hartford shane (talk to me if you want!) 14:02, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Yes, I was talking about the second image on the first page which shows its entire track. ActuallyElite (talk) 14:06, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

That's the EF2 and greater swath - the entire damage path goes to near Fairbank, as that image shows. See the legend. The green line stretching the entire 40+ miles is the edge of the damage path. ^EF₅ 14:22, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

This proves that the tornado was a continuous tornado right?

And yes I was talking about the path between New Hartford and Big Rock, I assumed that @EditorShane3456 was talking about this part of the tornado. ActuallyElite (talk) 14:43, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

The video is independnet analysis and explains the evidence, I understand that everything shoulf be sourced to reliable soures but the video should count for something shane (talk to me if you want!) 14:45, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Nick simply isn't a reliable source and he's even told me that himself. We can't use it no matter how well-sourced it is. ^EF₅ 14:46, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

then there goes my entire request :/ shane (talk to me if you want!) 14:53, 19 May 2026 (UTC)