Editing Oak Lawn, Illinois (section)

=== 1967 tornado ===
{{Main|1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak}}
On April 21, 1967, an F4 tornado touched down at 105th Street and Kean Avenue in [[Palos Hills, Illinois|Palos Hills]], {{convert|5|mi|0}} west of Oak Lawn. There were no deaths in Palos Hills, although a number of homes were destroyed and two transmission towers collapsed. After rising from the ground, the tornado touched down again at the Starlite Drive-In Theater at 6400 West 95th Street. With winds estimated to be over {{convert|200|mph}}, the tornado tore through Oak Lawn, tossing cars and buses in the air. After cutting Oak Lawn Community High School in half, it caused damage to St. Gerald's and continued to 91st Street and Cicero Avenue, heavily damaging the Airway Trailer Park and the Oak Lawn Roller Rink before rising from ground level. It touched down again in nearby [[Hometown, Illinois|Hometown]], [[Evergreen Park, Illinois|Evergreen Park]], and Chicago before dissipating over [[Lake Michigan]]. In just 16 minutes, the storm left a {{convert|16|mi|adj=on}} path of destruction and over 30 people dead.<ref name="The 1967 Oak Lawn Tornado. Black Oak and After">[http://www.lib.oak-lawn.il.us/documents/BlackOakTornado.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928085247/http://www.lib.oak-lawn.il.us/documents/BlackOakTornado.pdf|date=September 28, 2011}}, The 1967 Oak Lawn Tornado. Black Oak and After. Barbara Wolfe.</ref>