OAKFIELD, Wis. - July 18, 1996, was a hot and very humid day across Wisconsin, with the threat of afternoon storms. A warm front that brought record rainfall to Illinois that morning caused a surge of ...

OAKFIELD -- Bryan Novak had been hearing about bad weather all day, that hot summer evening 17 years ago. By 2 p.m. on July 18, 1996, multiple tornadoes had spawned in Wisconsin along a front that ...

OAKFIELD (WLUK) -- On July 18, 1996, an F-5 tornado devastated the small Fond du Lac county community of Oakfield. Twenty-five years later, residents remember tales of resiliency, and celebrate them ...

METEOROLOGIST DAJI ASWAD SPOKE WITH THOSE WHO REMEMBER THE MOMENT THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN. >> TSHI TORNADO IS HEADING DIRECTLY FOR OAKFIELD, WISCONSIN. >> A TYPICAL SUMMER EVENING TURNED INTO A ...

OAKFIELD, Wis. (WITI) -- The tornado that devastated Moore, OK on Monday, May 20th brought back memories for residents of Oakfield, Wisconsin. On July 18th, 1996, the town of just over 1,000 was hit ...

Few people know what the tornado victims are going through in Oklahoma like those in Oakfield, Wis.In 1996, the town was leveled by one of the most powerful tornadoes ever in this state.It's been ...

Two historic, extreme weather events separated by just over 100 miles happened on one July day in the upper Midwest. On July 18, 1996, 29 years ago this evening, a violent tornado roared through the ...

OAKFIELD - Joanne Martin moved back to her hometown of Oakfield in the spring of 1996. She settled into a place of her own with a daughter who was looking forward to starting kindergarten. Four months ...

OAKFIELD, Wis. (WBAY) - Exactly 25 years ago to the day Sunday, on July 18, 1996, an unforgettable tornado ripped through Fond du Lac county. “My kindergarten classroom was totally destroyed,” Diane ...

OAKFIELD, Wis. (WBAY) - The Village of Oakfield prepares to commemorate the 1996 tornado that tore through town. On Sunday, it will be exactly 25 years since nearly $40-million dollars of damage was ...

Not for the twisters that hit every year — the ones that do little or no damage and fizzle out in some field. We're talking the monster tornadoes, the ones that have obliterated entire towns and left ...