A brief tornado is possible, damaging winds are the main threat, and heavy rain could fall as a record-setting November-style heat wave ends with a stormy Tuesday across southern Wisconsin, according to forecasters.
The second of the two cross-country storms will bring rain, an icy mix and snow across the Central states before moving towards the Great Lakes and Northeast.
From the archives: Deadly tornado leveled Barneveld in 1984
A tornado ripped through Barneveld in the middle of the night on June 8, 1984. In the morning light, it became visible that most of the town had been demolished.
JOSEPH W. JACKSON III, STATE JOURNAL
The Barneveld tornado turned a used car lot into rubble, but the bell tower (in background) remained unscathed.
THE CAPITAL TIMES
A bell tower survived at the Lutheran church.
L. ROGER TURNER, STATE JOURNAL
L ROGER TURNER, STATE JOURNAL
An aerial view of the downtown looking south. Highway 18-151 runs in the center of the photo.
JOSEPH W. JACKSON III, STATE JOURNAL
Barneveld was devastated by a tornado that killed nine, injured scores and damaged 90 percent of the town's buildings.
THE CAPITAL TIMES
THE CAPITAL TIMES
THE CAPITAL TIMES
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HENRY A. KOSHOLLEK, THE CAPITAL TIMES
Aerial photo of Barneveld, Wis. after a tornado leveled the town in June of 1984.
JOSEPH W. JACKSON III, STATE JOURNAL
Barneveld lay in ruins after a tornado leveled the town in June 1984.
STATE JOURNAL ARCHIVES
A scene of devastation greets the dawn in Barneveld the morning of June 8, 1984, after a monster tornado roared through after midnight.
RICH RYGH, THE CAPITAL TIMES
A town meeting begins with people holding hands and the Rev. Bob Twiton and the Rev. Jann Weaver leading them in prayer.
RICH RYGH, THE CAPITAL TIMES
Lois Arneson is comforted by a friend, Doug Carden, while her husband, Carl, shows the strain of the long day. Their house is behind.
L ROGER TURNER, STATE JOURNAL
Just after dawn on June 8, 1984, rescue workers begin a second sweep of Barneveld to see if anyone else had been injured or killed in the F5 tornado. Nine people died and some 100 were injured.
STATE JOURNAL ARCHIVES
A bell tower survived at the Lutheran church.
L. ROGER TURNER, STATE JOURNAL
Lois Arneson is comforted by a friend, Doug Carden, while her husband, Carl, shows the strain of the long day. Their house is behind.
