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April 11, 2025, is the 60th anniversary of the 1965 Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak

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April 11, 2025, is the 60th anniversary of the 1965 Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak, one of the biggest tornado outbreaks in the upper Midwest and Great Lakes region.

For more information about this event, see this GIS StoryMap created by multiple NWS offices across the region or this NWS Chicago webpage dedicated to the event.

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