25th Anniversary of the Oakfield, Wisconsin F5 tornado
An F5 tornado struck the village of Oakfield, Wisconsin late in the day on 18 July 1996 (NWS Milwaukee story). An animation of GOES-8 (GOES-East) Visible images (below) showed the development of supercell thunderstorms as they moved east-southeastward across the area. Oakfield is located just southwest of Fond du Lac (KFLD), and is denoted by the yellow ‘+’ symbol on the images. Overshooting tops were evident on these thunderstorms.
GOES-8 Visible images [click to play animation | MP4]
GOES-8 Infrared images [click to play animation | MP4]
GOES-8 Water Vapor images [click to play animation | MP4]