What is 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak?
[[File:Palmsundayalltornadoes.jpg|thumb|Tornado tracks in northern [[Indiana]].]] [[File:1965 Elkhart Double Tornado-Palm Sunday.jpg|thumb|Two tornadoes near [[Elkhart, Indiana|Elkhart]], Indiana.]] The '''1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak''' was the second [[Tornado outbreak of April 2-3, 1982|tornado outbreak]] to strike the [[United States]] on [[Palm Sunday]]. From April 11 to 12, 1965, tornadoes touched down in [[Iowa]], [[Illinois]], [[Indiana]], [[Wisconsin]], and [[Michigan]]. It was the second biggest outbreak at the time. 271 people were killed, and 1,500 injured and it is the deadliest tornado outbreak in Indiana's history, with 137 people killed in that state. == Outbreak description == Just before 1 PM CST, a tornado touched down in [[Cedar County, Iowa]]. It was rated '''F4''' and was spawned by a supercell thunderstorm around 12:45 PM CST by a news reporter named Martin Jensen of WMT in [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa|Cedar Rapids]]. After he detected the thunderstorm, Jensen called the office in [[Waterloo, Iowa|Waterloo]] and [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]] to alert them about the storm. A tornado touched down in [[Crystal Lake, Illinois|Crystal Lake]], Illinois, destroying several subdivisions and a junior high school. 5 people were killed, with 3 of the fatalities occurring when a truck was blown into a basement where people were taking shelter. The tornado then destroyed the community of [[Island Lake, Illinois|Island Lake]], killing one person before lifting around 3:42 PM CST. It was rated '''F4'''. Several tornadoes touched down in Indiana, many of them fatal. The first tornado touched down around 5:30 PM in [[Koontz Lake, Indiana|Koontz Lake]], Indiana. The '''F3''' tornado left 10 people dead and 180 injured. The tornado moved northeast, damaging a high school which was under construction. It destroyed 20 homes in the [[Wyatt, Indiana|Wyatt]] area. Another tornado formed near the [[St. Joseph County, Indiana|St. Joseph]]-[[Elkhart County, Indiana|Elkhart County]] line. It moved east-northeast wh