22 years since Barneveld's nightmare

June 8, 1984. For most of us in Wisconsin, we went to sleep the previous night and awoke on the 8th to see Barneveld on the morning news, the town destroyed by an F5 tornado and images of the injured being carried away on stretchers. For those in Barneveld, though, the early morning hours were a nightmare. For most, there was no warning but a simultaneous flash of lightning and roar of thunder that gave some just enough time to find shelter. It must have been a horrifying experience, an F5 tornado in the middle of the the dark night that hit with no warning. We've had numerous tornados in Wisconsin since that day 22 years ago, but for those old enough to remember that day in 1984, Barneveld's nightmare will be burned in the memory.