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vegetation, roofs, and garages. It finally moved offshore as a
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40th Anniversary of Northern Illinois' Worst Tornado Disaster
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3019:"Twisters Kill 49 and Injure 1,500 in Northern Illinois".
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event that occurred on April 21, 1967, across the central
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List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
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2408:Forest Preserve District of Cook County
2968:"The Oak Lawn Tornado: April 21, 1967"
973:Tornado produced very minimal damage.
2926:"The Oak Lawn Tornado April 21, 1967"
18:Belvidere - Oak Lawn tornado outbreak
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2426:and moved east-northeast, mainly at
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3084:Federal Emergency Management Agency
27:April 21, 1967 severe weather event
2335:33 fatalities, ~500-1,000 injuries
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2913:Illinois Event Report: F4 Tornado
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3069:Map of April 21, 1967, tornadoes
2888:Grazulis, Thomas P (July 1993).
2424:Moraine Valley Community College
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2349:Most severe tornado damage; see
2234:Most severe tornado damage; see
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164:Most severe tornado damage; see
3125:Events in Cook County, Illinois
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3059:The Oak Lawn, Illinois Tornado
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33:1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak
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131:58 fatalities, 1,418 injuries
3080:Federal Disaster Declaration
2264:, destroyed four homes, one
1400:Northern Illinois University
722:Neither Grazulis (1991) nor
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1678:Brief touchdown on a farm.
1617:See section on this tornado
1455:See section on this tornado
1198:See section on this tornado
139:$ 56.432 million (1967 USD)
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2605:Tornado History Project.
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3135:F4 tornadoes by location
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2163:Belvidere Assembly Plant
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388:Confirmed tornadoes by
148:Midwestern United States
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2151:multiple vortex tornado
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214:Meteorological synopsis
3120:Boone County, Illinois
2404:Little Red Schoolhouse
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2980:on September 13, 2012
2755:Allsopp, Jim (2007).
2572:Storm Events Database
2512:Recovery difficulties
2406:, in what is now the
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2169:Lake Zurich, Illinois
2159:Belvidere High School
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3130:F4 tornadoes by date
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2132:$ 250,000 (1967 USD)
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1489:Elgin State Hospital
220:geopotential heights
3115:Belvidere, Illinois
2711:Stormtrack Magazine
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265:Outbreak death toll
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3021:The New York Times
2684:Grazulis. p. 1088.
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166:Fujita scale
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155:Part of the
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3063:Storm Track
2984:January 21,
2773:January 21,
2617:February 2,
2506:high school
2432:Palos Hills
2428:70° heading
2382:An intense
2361:Palos Hills
2034:Potterville
1813:Lake Odessa
1809:Middleville
1576:Palos Hills
1521:Keeneyville
1425:Lake Zurich
1106:Coal Valley
1076:Spring Hill
1032:Mount Union
580:Pattonsburg
463:Time (UTC)
204:significant
200:NWS Chicago
3104:Categories
2871:Storm Data
2559:References
2491:waterspout
2442:in a half-
2400:wall cloud
2332:Fatalities
2262:downbursts
2254:Storm Data
2228:1 fatality
2225:Fatalities
2121:Fatalities
1945:Westphalia
1770:Grandville
1421:Middlebury
1028:Birmingham
957:Monticello
724:Storm Data
706:Cunningham
635:Mandeville
363:, eastern
349:supercells
243:dew points
237:within an
224:warm front
128:Fatalities
2938:April 26,
2479:rush hour
2420:dial tone
2416:telephone
2388:hook echo
2384:supercell
2373:Southside
1811:to NW of
1668:Champaign
1662:Champaign
1612:33 deaths
1586:(entered
1337:gatherers
1215:Daysville
1193:24 deaths
1175:Woodstock
1171:Belvidere
1082:Whiteside
1038:Van Buren
1030:to NE of
1003:Jefferson
997:Fairfield
932:Jefferson
922:Commiskey
892:Rushville
828:Lafayette
791:to SE of
670:Humphreys
457:Location
361:Wisconsin
228:shortwave
208:tornadoes
192:Belvidere
94:confirmed
92:Tornadoes
2537:See also
2459:Hometown
2455:Oak Lawn
2365:Hometown
2004:Sunfield
1914:Portland
1890:Muskegon
1772:to E of
1719:Michigan
1709:unknown
1706:unknown
1580:Oak Lawn
1427:to W of
1354:Hennepin
1333:mushroom
1266:(now an
1173:to N of
1145:Hooppole
1110:Hooppole
1108:to S of
1059:Illinois
928:Jennings
789:Marshall
743:to W of
712:Chariton
680:Sullivan
609:Gallatin
499:Scotland
476:Missouri
288:Illinois
72:Duration
2386:with a
2315:tornado
2289:tornado
2266:brewery
2208:tornado
2182:tornado
2104:tornado
2078:tornado
2038:Lansing
1973:Cascade
1951:Clinton
1864:⁄
1849:Berrien
1745:Allegan
1537:Addison
1450:1 death
1435:McHenry
1315:Kasbeer
1246:Maytown
1185:McHenry
1042:Hancock
876:Indiana
645:Carroll
586:Daviess
554:Cameron
530:Clinton
469:Damage
460:County
369:Indiana
327:Totals
277:County
254:feature
251:mesolow
188:Midwest
111:tornado
2896:
2717:(120).
2529:Legacy
2461:, and
2396:Joliet
2340:Damage
2309:rating
2202:rating
2129:Damage
2098:rating
2048:Ingham
1943:NE of
1884:Holton
1807:NE of
1768:SW of
1692:Geneva
1547:DuPage
1512:DuPage
1504:NW of
1419:NW of
1388:DeKalb
1382:DeKalb
1380:SE of
1360:Putnam
1352:SE of
1321:Bureau
1283:SE of
1169:SW of
1074:SW of
955:NE of
920:NE of
853:Adrian
851:NE of
822:Corder
799:Saline
793:Slater
745:Newark
741:Sumner
739:NE of
704:NE of
676:Grundy
607:NE of
522:NE of
491:NE of
417:Total
375:/2100
282:total
280:County
274:Total
271:State
231:trough
136:Damage
105:rating
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2471:US-12
2444:block
2436:frame
2052:0210
2044:Eaton
2014:0148
2010:Eaton
2002:N of
1983:0130
1971:N of
1924:0115
1920:Ionia
1894:0110
1882:S of
1853:0025
1843:Derby
1823:0000
1819:Barry
1784:2358
1749:2355
1735:Casco
1672:0250
1638:2340
1605:2324
1481:2310
1471:Elgin
1443:2300
1392:2240
1325:2230
1313:W of
1290:2215
1285:Amboy
1256:2202
1244:W of
1225:2200
1213:S of
1181:Boone
1150:2150
1143:N of
1128:Orion
1120:2135
1116:Henry
1104:E of
1086:2130
1046:2100
1026:E of
1007:2000
995:E of
967:0227
963:White
936:2310
902:1833
863:2110
859:Bates
832:2103
820:W of
787:W of
763:2020
755:Macon
716:2010
684:2000
668:S of
649:1920
633:N of
614:1915
578:E of
559:1900
534:1830
524:Gower
503:1400
298:Boone
2986:2013
2940:2023
2894:ISBN
2775:2013
2619:2013
2502:rink
2412:hail
2307:Max.
2200:Max.
2096:Max.
1979:Kent
1780:Kent
1702:Cook
1698:Kane
1601:Cook
1551:Cook
1477:Kane
1439:Lake
1221:Ogle
980:Iowa
898:Rush
759:Knox
751:Linn
493:Azen
365:Iowa
318:Lake
308:Cook
194:and
182:and
174:The
103:Max.
62:Type
2390:on
2036:to
1774:Ada
1737:to
1590:at
1582:to
1539:to
1423:to
1404:USD
1270:).
1252:Lee
641:Ray
443:45
431:17
428:15
414:F5
411:F4
408:F3
405:F2
402:F1
399:F0
396:FU
377:UTC
373:CDT
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1996:F1
1965:F2
1937:F4
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1876:F0
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