It was 22 years ago today that residents of the village of St. Nazianz will never forget.
On May 12th, 2000 one of the worst storms in Wisconsin history struck the Manitowoc County village during the middle of the day.
Former St. Nazianz Fire Chief Fritz Koeppen told Seehafer News in a past interview that “the sky became pitch black and the storm lasted less than a minute. “ He added “It looked like we had a bomb go off in the village. All the power lines were down, buildings were destroyed and roofs were off.”
Koeppen went on to say that he was thankful this storm, later declared to be an F1 tornado, didn’t strike at night.
However, there were still 35 injuries and millions of dollars in damage, not only in St. Nazianz but in other areas of Manitowoc and Calumet Counties.
