The Enhanced Fujita Scale: A Tornado Rating System
The Enhanced Fujita Scale provides an estimated range of a tornado's wind speeds, based on the tornado's damage.
The worst type of tornado hasn't hit the US for over a decade, perplexing experts
Researches found little evidence that tornadoes were getting weaker. Instead, it appears that a subjective tornado grading ...
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New study reveals potential cause of a ‘drought’ in violent EF5 tornadoes
A quirky aspect of the way we measure twisters helps explain why there hasn't been a top-tier-rated tornado in 12 years.
Tornadoes, severe storms likely in Mississippi later this week. Here's when and where
Parts of Mississippi are at risk of tornadoes, large hail, and damaging wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour later this week.
Watch: Drone video shows Orlando-area homes in shards, trees uprooted after EF-2 Florida tornado
Aerial video taken after an EF-2 tornado ripped through a Florida neighborhood north of Orlando shows one home torn to pieces and old oak trees ripped from their roots along a normally quiet community ...
Video: Florida tornado hits news station during live broadcast
On Monday, a Florida meteorologist was spot-on with his weather report — because the tornado he was describing was hitting ...
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Where did all the EF5 tornadoes go? New study explores the decade-long mystery
Upon further research and feedback from scientists, the Enhanced Fujita scale was developed and put into practice after February 1, 2007. What's the biggest difference? This new scale includes more ...
Tornado touches down in Florida, hits local TV news station outside Orlando
Residents were urged to seek shelter after a tornado caused damage in Seminole County, Florida, the National Weather Service ...
Weather service confirms EF1 tornado touched down north of Woodville on Tuesday damaging a home and trees
The EF1 tornado, which struck on Tuesday at 9:49 a.m., carved a narrow path just over a half mile long near Texas Highway 287 ...
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Tuesday’s early-morning Ada area tornadoes caused widespread damage. Damage surveys are preliminary, but the National Weather Service has tentatively rated both the Ada tornado and the Union Valley ...
South Dakota records its first-ever February tornado with a twister near Watertown
A tornado touched down in an open field on Feb. 24 in Codington County, the first time a tornado was documented in February in South Dakota history.
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The worst type of tornado hasn't hit the US for over a decade, perplexing experts
Tornadoes are classified on the Enhanced Fujita scale, which ranges from EF0 to EF5. Originally created by famed tornado researcher Ted Fujita, the scale takes into account estimated wind speeds ...