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Iowa Tornado Outbreak of November 2005
The Iowa Tornado Outbreak of November 2005 was a large and exceptionally rare late autumn season tornado outbreak on the afternoon and evening of November 12, 2005 all throughout the state but concentrated in central Iowa.
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