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Summary

Description	English: A welding shop near Lufkin, Texas, that was severely damaged by an EF3 tornado on December 23, 2009
Date	24 December 2009
Source	http://www.srh.noaa.gov/shv/events/select.php?date=12232009_1
Author	National Weather Service in Shreveport, Louisiana

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File history

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	20:31, 29 December 2015		600 × 450 (125 KB)	Cyclonebiskit	User created page with UploadWizard

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List of United States tornadoes from November to December 2009

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File:December 23, 2009, Lufkin, Texas, tornado damage.jpg

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24 December 2009

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2.8

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