With June 8th, 2024 marking 40 years since the infamous Barneveld EF5 tornado nearly destroyed the entire town, I decided to make an informative synopsis detailing the events leading up to and after the storm had ran its course. An often overlooked storm, the Barneveld tornado is both an interesting meteorological event and harrowing story of a small town determined to rebuild and carry on into the future.
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Unreal, what a cool idea, really well done
Loved this
My Dad is a Trucker and he was at a Truck Stop outside of Barneveld when it happened. He said he sat between the seats, held onto the shifter, and said his prayers. After, he said the trucks and trailers had all been moved, including his.
This is what got me interested in meteorology. I was 8.
I’m in Green Bay. We seldom get bad storms here. By the time the storms get here in northeast WI., they are fizzled out. I always bought People magazine weekly back in the 80’s. I remember Barneveld was on the cover of People magazine.
I have had an unhealthy obsession with tornado vids lately and this was perfect timing as I'm born and raised in Wisconsin . We may not be Kansas or Oklahoma but we have see a Tornado or 2, it's just that these types of monsters are very rare, and thank god for that.
Cool video. Can’t believe it’s been 40 years. What a night that was back then:
the only secret is the history you don't know…President Harry Truman.
Not "EF" just "F5". The Enhanced Fujita Scale had not been adopted, yet. Otherwise, great job! I lived in the Chicago area at the time and remember it well. Most people never heard of Barneveld, including after the tornado.
You don’t apply the current EF rating to legacy tornadoes. Barneveld was an F5.
I was living in Rochester,MN then and I still remember that one. What great people must live there. Happy that they came out of it like they did.
Hey everyone, thank you all for watching this video! I'm really happy people are checking it out and commenting, despite the poor video quality. As some people have pointed out, this tornado was actually rated an F5, not an EF5. I had thought it would be the same, but there are differences in wind speeds, and the EF scale wasn't introduced until the mid 2000s. So pardon the blunder on my end. More videos are in the works!
I was in Barneveld yesterday and I visited their public library to do my own personal research about the tornado. The history room there has material dedicated to the tornado, including articles and pictures of its aftermath. I was only two years old when that tornado happened but I remember my mom telling me how Madison(where I live) was on the edge of that storm. I also remember hearing about how windy and humid it was prior to that tornado occurring. The weather people were already predicting a whopper of a night and a tornado watch had just been issued by the end of the 10:00 news. This was at a time when local television stations signed off after midnight and therefore, couldn't be on the air to warn people.
Nice story, but there was no EF back then. Also, the moist air comes from the Gulf of Mexico. Not Mexico.