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May 16

• 1999 – An F3 tornado destroyed several homes and a bridge near Logan, Iowa. Two people, out of a family of five taking cover in a ditch, were killed when their car and a combine header were blown on top of them.
• 2017 – The most destructive day of an outbreak sequence brought several strong tornadoes to the Central United States. An EF3 tornado traveled 83 miles (134 km) across parts of Wisconsin, the longest single tornado track in state history, and devastated a trailer park near Chetek, killing one person and injuring 25. An EF2 tornado killed one person near Carter, Oklahoma.