1965 Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak

Confirmed Tornadoes

Confirmed Total	Confirmed F0	Confirmed F1	Confirmed F2	Confirmed F3	Confirmed F4	Confirmed F5
47	0	15	10	5	17	0

List of reported tornadoes - Sunday, April 11, 1965
F#	Location	County	Time (UTC)	Path length	Damage
Iowa
F4	NE of Tipton	Cedar, Clinton, Jackson	18:55	91.5 miles (146.4 km)	1 death - One person died one month later from their injuries. 25 farms were affected, one of which had every building leveled. Pieces of a farm house were carried for over a mile.
F1	SE of New Hampton	Chickasaw, Fayette, Allamakee	19:15	49.9 miles (79.8 km)
Wisconsin
F1	SE of Monroe	Green, Rock, Dane	20:00	27.1 miles (43.3 km)	50 homes and 65 businesses destroyed or damaged and 40 were injured. Over 400 cars were damaged or destroyed.
F2	S of Watertown	Jefferson	20:30	14.5 miles (23.2 km)	3 deaths - Deaths were from occupants of a car that was thrown. 28 others were injured. Structures were destroyed on 20 farms.
F1	S of Soldiers Grove	Crawford	20:45	13.3 miles (21.2 km)	One barn was destroyed.
F1	W of Lake Geneva	Walworth	21:50	1.9 miles (3 km)	Homes and structures were damaged near Williams Bay.
F1	NW of Elkhorn	Walworth	21:55	1 mile (1.6 km)	One barn was destroyed
F1	W of Tomah	Monroe	22:14	2 miles (3.2 km)	Several farm buildings were destroyed
Illinois
F4	Crystal Lake	McHenry, Lake	21:20	9.1 miles (14.6 km)	6 deaths - Destroyed large sections of the town including a shopping mall. 45 homes were destroyed and 110 were damaged in a single subdivision. Some of the homes were completely swept away. Damage estimates were at about $1.5 million.
F2	N of Gurnee	Lake	21:50	4.5 miles (7.2 km)	Several homes were damaged and two planes flipped at Waukegan Memorial Airport. Falling trees damaged some homes and two others lost their roofs.
F1	Geneva	Kane	22:00	0.3 mile (0.5 km)	About a dozen homes were heavily damaged
F1	Zion	Lake	22:04	0.5 mile (0.8 km)
Indiana
F3	NE of Knox to S of South Bend	Starke, Marshall, St. Joseph, Elkhart	22:45	35.6 miles (57 km)	10 deaths - 30 cottages were destroyed and 70 others were damaged along Koontz Lake. 26 homes, one church and one high school were also destroyed. There were 82 people injured. Severe damage took place in the town of Wyatt.
F3	S of Crown Point to SE of Laporte	Porter, Laporte	23:10	33.1 miles (53 km)	Several homes and barns were destroyed and 4 people were injured.
F4	W of Wakarusa to NW of Middlebury	Elkhart	23:15	21.2 miles (34 km)	14 deaths - Tornado first touched down and caused severe damage in the Wakarusa area. Destroyed the Midway Trailer Park in Dunlap and numerous other homes in the Middlebury area. Some homes were completely swept away. Was photographed as a double funnel. An airplane wing was found 35 miles away in Centerville, Michigan. 1st of 2 tornadoes hitting the town of Dunlap and the Elkhart region.
F4	NE of Goshen to W of Orland	Elkhart, LaGrange	23:40	21.6 miles (34.6 km)	5 deaths - Dozens of homes were demolished in the Rainbow Lake and Shore areas, several of which were completely swept away.
F4	Manitou Beach-Devils Lake, Michigan (1st tornado)	Steuben, IN, Branch, MI, Hillsdale, Lenawee, Monroe, Washtenaw	00:00	90.3 miles (144.5 km)	23 deaths - Starting just south of the Indiana-Michigan state line, the massive tornado caused extensive damage to the Manitou Beach region and southwestern suburbs of Detroit. First of two violent tornadoes to affect the same large portion of Lower Michigan. Damage from the two tornadoes was difficult to separate.
F4	SE of Lafayette to W of Russiaville	Tippecanoe, Clinton	00:07	21.8 miles (34.9 km)	Several homes and other buildings were destroyed or damaged. Homes were completely leveled in Mulberry and Moran.
F4	SE of South Bend to NE of Shipshewana	St. Joseph, Elkhart, LaGrange	00:10	37 miles (59.2 km)	36 deaths - Second violent tornado struck the Dunlap/Elkhart region in just over an hour. The Sunnyside subdivision was completely destroyed, with many homes swept away. The Kingston Heights subdivision was also devastated. 6 of the victims were killed when the tornado demolished a truck stop. Affected rescue efforts after the first tornado. Also was witnessed as a double funnel tornado. Was rated an F5 but downgraded to a F4.
F4	Russiaville to SE of Marion, Indiana and Greentown, Indiana	Clinton, Howard, Grant	00:20	48 miles (76.8 km)	25 deaths - Large sections of Russiaville, Greentown, southern Kokomo and Alto were destroyed. 90% of the structures in Russiaville were damaged or destroyed. The tornado was up to a mile wide when it struck Alto and Kokomo, where hundreds of homes were destroyed. Many homes were destroyed and swept away as the tornado stuck multiple subdivisions in the Greentown area. A hospital had it's roof torn off south of Marion, and a shopping center was destroyed. Over 800 people were injured.
F4	SE of Crawfordsville to Arcadia	Montgomery, Boone, Hamilton	00:50	45.7 miles (73.1 km)	28 deaths - 80 homes were destroyed and over 100 people were injured between Crawfordsville and Arcadia. Tornado was up to a mile wide and threw cars over 100 yards.
F4	W of Montpellier, IN to N of Spencerville, OH	Blackford, IN, Wells, Adams, Mercer, OH, Van Wert	01:10	52.5 miles (84 km)	4 deaths - F4 damage was observed in Keystone in Wells County. Crossed into Ohio where it destroyed five homes and damaged five others.
Michigan
F4	N of Grand Rapids	Ottawa, Kent	22:54	20.6 miles (33 km)	5 deaths - 34 homes were destroyed and nearly 200 others damaged near the northern suburbs of Comstock Park and Alpine. Nearly 150 were injured and damage amounts were estimated at almost $15 million.
F1	N of Middleville	Allegan, Barry	00:05	19.5 miles (31.2 km)	1 death - A trailer and 5 homes were destroyed while 25 others were damaged.
F3	NE of Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo	00:30	14.2 miles (22.7 km)	4 homes were destroyed and 22 others damaged. 17 people were injured.
F3	Hastings	Barry	00:40	14.1 miles (22.6 km)	15 homes were damaged and barns and garages were leveled.
F4	Manitou Beach-Devils Lake, Michigan (2nd tornado)	Branch, Hillsdale, Lenawee, Monroe, Washtenaw	00:40	80.5 miles (128.8 km)	21 deaths - Second tornado to hit the same areas 30 minutes after being affected by the first tornado. Tornado leveled what was left standing from the first tornado. Total damage estimates from the two tornadoes were $32 million. Over 550 homes, 1 church, and 100 cottages were destroyed in total.
F4	N of Lansing	Clinton, Shiawassee	01:15	21 miles (33.6 km)	1 death - Several homes were severely damaged or destroyed, one of which was swept away.
F2	W of Ithaca	Montcalm, Gratiot	01:25	15.1 miles (24.1 km)	Several farm buildings and livestocks were destroyed. One home was nearly leveled.
F2	Alma (1st tornado)	Gratiot	01:30	0.1 mile (0.16 km)	One of three tornadoes to struck the area where it caused damage to several buildings including the library, which had it's roof torn off. A telephone repair facility was destroyed as well.
F2	Alma (2nd tornado)	Gratiot	01:30	0.5 mile (0.8 km)
F2	E of Alma	Gratiot	01:30	1 mile (1.6 km)
F2	SE of Bay City	Bay	01:50	9.9 miles (15.8 km)	Tornado tore the roof off homes and an auto dealership. Trailers and barns were destroyed as well.
F2	SW of Unionville	Tuscola	02:00	9 miles (14.4 km)	Damage to a firehall and lumberyard. Barns were also destroyed.
Ohio
F4	Toledo (northern sections)	Lucas, OH, Monroe, MI	02:30	5.6 miles (9 km)	18 deaths - Numerous homes in the northern suburbs of Toledo were completely destroyed, several of which were completely swept away. 5 people were killed when the tornado picked up a bus and slammed it upside down onto the pavement. Boats and cars were thrown onto and into buildings. A paint factory and department store were destroyed as well. Two people were killed on the Lost Peninsula in Michigan .There were reports of twin tornadoes during the event. Damage amounts were estimated at $25 million.
F4	N of Lima	Allen, Hancock	02:30	32.5 miles (52 km)	13 deaths Numerous homes and farms were destroyed along the track.
F4	N of Sidney	Shelby	03:00	18.4 miles (29.4 km)	3 deaths - Affected Anna, Swanders and Maplewood where 25 homes were destroyed and 20 others heavily damaged. Several train cars were derailed.
F3	SE of Tiffin	Seneca	03:15	15 miles (24 km)	4 deaths - Struck Rockaway, where 4 homes were leveled and three others were damaged.
F4	S of Oberlin, Ohio to Strongsville	Lorain, Cuyahoga	04:05	22 miles (35.2 km)	18 deaths - Extensive damage to Pittsfield and Strongsville. Pittsfield was nearly entirely destroyed and 6 homes were completely swept away there. Tornado struck Grafton at F2 strength before re-intensifying and striking the north side of Strongsville. In Strongsville 18 homes were leveled, some of which were cleanly swept from their foundations. 50 others were badly damaged in town. Damage amounts were estimated at $5 million. Was listed as an F5 by Grazulis. Also witnessed as a double tornado.
F1	S of Eaton	Preble	04:15	0.1 mile (0.16 km)
F1	Brunswick	Medina	04:30	8.2 miles (13 km)	One home was destroyed and several others were damaged in Brunswick.
F2	N of Delaware	Union, Delaware, Morrow	04:30	22.2 miles (35.5 km)	4 deaths - Tornado struck the towns of Radnor and Westfield. 4 were killed in Radnor and 22 were injured in Westfield. 25 homes were destroyed.
F1	S of Cedarville	Greene	04:50	0.1 mile (0.16 km)
F1	Ashville to Somerset	Pickaway, Fairfield, Perry	05:30	38.4 miles (61.4 km)	Several farm buildings were destroyed along the path. A dozen trailers were destroyed at a sales lot in Dumontville.
Georgia
F1	SW of Grassdale	Bartow	09:50 (04/12)	2 miles (3.2 km)
West Virginia
F2	N of Princeton	Mercer	11:30 (04/12)	0.1 mile (0.16 km)