1996-07-18 Oakfied WI F5

[Ron Riemersma]

Today marks the 17 year anniversary of this event, and my first tornado. Miraculously, no one was killed when this tornado devastated the town of Oakfield. Our local paper's website posted a "little seen" video today- which I can agree with, as this is the first I saw of it as well. http://www.fdlreporter.com/article/...ry-Little-seen-video-captured-1996-F5-twister

 

[Bob Hartig]

Thanks, Ron. I'd love to see that! Unfortunately, it looks like I have to subscribe to the paper in order to do so, and for a simple video viewing via a medium in which I otherwise have no interest, it's just not worth it. I wish the person who took the video would publish it on YouTube or Vimeo. Oakfield was one heck of a storm, and much studied at the time, as I recall.

 

[Andy Wehrle]

I am not a subscriber and I was able to watch the video on this link:

http://www.fdlreporter.com/videonetwork/2549507921001?odyssey=mod|tvideo2|article

 

[Ron Riemersma]

Thanks Andy-- I was pretty sure their website allowed for a limited number of views before you had to subscribe, that's how I was able to view it as well. I hope the link works for people- I am not aware of it being on any other sites. Interestingly, the article states that he was northwest of Oakfield, which didn't make sense, as the tornado is moving from left to right in the video-- google maps reveals he was actually southwest of the town.