Oakfield, WI Tornado

Explore the interactive tornado track map for the 1996-07-18 Oakfield, WI event. This tornado reached the peak of the Fujita scale, manifesting total structural failure in well-built homes and extreme landscape scarring.

Detailed analysis of the damage path indicates peak intensities consistent with F5/EF5 ratings. Our map data shows the forward velocity and vortex structure resulted in zero fatalities and 12 injuries over a path length of 13.3 miles.

This record serves as a technical entry in the Fujita Supply Archive, preserving the meteorological history and track maps of North American storm intensity.