The Palm Sunday Outbreak of 1965

Series: Powerful Storms

Location: Tecumseh

Region: Southern Michigan

On April 11th 1965, data suggested two tornadoes moved north of Tecumseh Michigan. By the end of that day, over 40 tornadoes had touched down across the great lakes region and over 200 people were killed. However, the legacy of this event can be measured in the lives that were saved in the following decades. I’m Jason and Michigan, this is your story.

References, in approximate order of appearance:

ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF THE PALM SUNDAY TORNADOES – Tetsuya(Ted) Fujita April 1967 Texas Digital Library – https://www.tdl.org/
Detroit News – April 11 – April 14th^th 1965 – Microfilm from Kresge Library at Oakland University – https://library.oakland.edu/
Detroit News Website – https://www.detroitnews.com/
National Weather Service – https://www.weather.gov/
NOAA – http://www.noaa.gov/
Climatology of Storm Reports Relative to Upper-Level Jet Streaks – Adam J. Clark, Christopher J. Schaffer, William A. Gallus Jr., and Kaj Johnson-O’Mara – https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/full/10.1175/2009WAF2222216.1
Palm Sunday Tornadoes of 1965 – https://www.weather.gov/media/publications/assessments/palmsunday65.pdf
New York Times – April 12^th 1965 Kresge Library at Oakland University – https://library.oakland.edu/
New York Times Website – https://www.nytimes.com/
Aerial Survey of the Palm Sunday Tornadoes of April 11, 1965 – Tetsuya(Ted) Fujita Texas Digital Libray – https://www.tdl.org/
F-Scale and EF-Scale – http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/ef-scale.html
Storm Data – April 1965 http://www.noaa.gov/
Alternate Download Link – http://storyofmichigan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/NOAA-Storm-Report-19650411.pdf
Tornado Deaths – https://blog.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnews/2009/03/us-annual-tornado-death-tolls-1875-present/

The Palm Sunday Outbreak of 1965

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