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Draft:1967 Belvidere tornado

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Draft:1967 Belvidere tornado
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Meteorological history
FormedApril 21, 1967, 11:02 p.m. CDT (UTC−05:00)
F4 tornado
on the Fujita scale
Highest winds207–260 mph (333–418 km/h)
Overall effects
Fatalities24
Injuries500
Areas affectedBoone County, Illinois

Part of the 1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak

On the afternoon of April 21, 1967, a violent F4 tornado impacted the cities of Belvidere and Harvard in Illinois.