1965 Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak Narrowly Misses Maquoketa

60 years ago on this day back in 1965 a Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak occurred in the Midwest. At 12:45 PM the first tornado struck the Midwest. More specifically, that tornado struck our area. The Tornado formed near Lowden and tracked off to the northeast and passed by Toronto, Elwood and even narrowly passed Maquoketa and ending in Springbrook. That tornado was rated an F4,and only caused 1 death in Cedar County. It caused $5 Million in damages, which would be $51 Million today. This is the strongest tornado to ever hit the Maquoketa area.