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On April 10–12, 1965, a historic severe weather event affected the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. The tornado outbreak produced 55 confirmed tornadoes in one day and 16 hours. The worst part of the outbreak occurred during the afternoon hours of April 11 into the overnight hours going into April 12.
On Palm Sunday, April 11, 1965, Indiana was one of six Midwest states to be raked by deadly tornadoes. In all, 47 tornadoes killed 271 people and injured over 1,500. This was the fourth deadliest tornado outbreak in U.S. history and the deadliest of all Indiana outbreaks.
A map of the tracks of the tornadoes that struck on April 11-12, 1965. Click here for an interactive map showing damage pictures and locations from the tornado in northern Kent County Michigan. The storms continued east, crossed Lake Michigan and moved from Illinois into Indiana.
Map from 13WTHR of where tornados touched ground during the 1965 Palm Sunday Outbreak. The Palm Sunday Tornadic Outbreak is listed as the fourth deadliest one. This outbreak lasted a remarkable 40 hours and traveled approximately 450 miles (724 km).
April 11, 1965 is known as the Palm Sunday Outbreak. The first tornado of the day touched down near Tipton, IA around 12:45 pm CST with the final tornado hitting near Toledo, OH at 9:30 pm EST. This outbreak ranks as one of the deadliest in recorded history with 271 fatalities and over 3400 injured.
The 1965 Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak. The story of the 1965 tornado outbreak that ravaged the mid-west taking countless lives and destroying thousands of homes and businesses. March 24, 2024. A view of some of the major tornados and their paths during the outbreak.
Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965, series of tornados that struck the Midwestern region of the United States on April 11, 1965. A six-state area of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa was severely damaged by the tornados.
Driven by the aforementioned wind fields aloft, the storms rapidly intensified into supercells, raced to the east-northeast at 55 to 70 mph and began producing significant tornadoes. The first violent tornado of the day tore a path across eastern Iowa early in the afternoon, killing one person.
An outbreak of 40+ tornados ripped across the Midwest on April 11th, 1965 killing 262 people and causing over one billion in damage. This outbreak is especially significant to our state of Indiana which saw the loss of over a hundred citizens mostly centered around Elkhart County in the northern most part of the state.
“The tornado’s path looked like a huge lawnmower had passed over the land, leveling everything in sight.” The death toll climbed hour after hour. The sheer force of the tornadoes was beyond...