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DescriptionTornado damage Wisconsin.gif	English: Extensive tornado damage across southeastern Wisconsin during an unusual tornado event on January 7, 2008
Source	NWS Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons. ; dead link, not in archive
Author	This file is lacking author information.

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2008-01-09 13:33 JForget 922×691×8 (431832 bytes) Extensive tornado damage across southeastern Wisconsin during an unusual tornado event on January 7, 2008 (Courtesy of NWS Milwaukee, Wisconsin) Source:http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=mkx&storyid=12112&source=0

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current	15:50, 10 February 2008		922 × 691 (422 KB)	Mattflaschen (talk \| contribs)	{{Information \|Description={{en\|Extensive tornado damage across southeastern Wisconsin during an unusual tornado event on January 7, 2008}} \|Source=[http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=mkx&storyid=12112&source=0 NWS Milwaukee, Wisconsin].

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