Another 13 hours of driving...but here we are, back safe and sound in Green Bay.

Be careful what you ask for...you just might get it. And we got it today. Severe weather, not just nearby...but right over our heads.

A special treat in store for those of you who saw our 6 o'clock broadcast and realized...I told you nothing about the rattlesnake connection to eastern Colorado.

Most Wisconsinites remember the Barneveld Tornado of 1984, an F-5 tornado that ripped through the town just after midnight with little warning.

June 23, 2004. Storm Team 5 had just fired up it's new Little Chute radar along Highway 41. That evening, a tornado touched down near the bureau, causing quite a bit of damage in the Little Chute and Kaukauna areas.

On July 18, 1996, 12 tornadoes touched down in the state of Wisconsin. The rarest of tornadoes, an F-5, practically wiped out the town of Oakfield in Fond du Lac County.

An F-3 tornado ripped through Stoughton on August 18, 2005. Here is a website dedicated to pictures and videos of that tornado.

The homepage of the National Weather Service's Green Bay office.

The National Weather Service in Green Bay holds training sessions each year for Severe Weather spotters.

Here are some cool podcasts from the Severe Storms Lab.

All severe weather watches in the United States start here... the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma.