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On Today's Date: An F5 Tornado Roared Through Jackson, Mississippi
T​ornadoes in the U.S. typically increase sharply in spring.​ Unfortunately, a few of those can be violent tornadoes, particularly in the South. On March 3, 1966, 59 years ago today, an F5 tornado ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer12d
The worst type of tornado hasn't hit the US for over a decade, perplexing experts
"It’s likely that several of these tornadoes would have been rated F5 using the legacy Fujita scale." Thus, the lack of EF5-rated tornadoes in the past decade is "less due to a weakening of ...
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Where Have All The EF5 Tornadoes Gone? The Surprising Reason Behind The 11-Year Drought
Tornado classifications have evolved since the original Fujita (F scale) was developed in 1971. Under the original F scale, an F5 rating was given as follows: “Whole frame houses tossed off ...
On Today's Date: The Hesston, Kansas, F5 Tornado Of 1990
Even by Plains standards, this was an unusually large, violent tornado outbreak so early in spring. One Kansas tornado was ...
Austin American-Statesman12d
The worst type of tornado hasn't hit the US for over a decade, perplexing experts
"It is more difficult to attain an EF5 rating as the EF scale is designed right now than it was to attain an F5 rating on the legacy Fujita scale," Lyza said. "As we illustrate in the paper, every ...
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On Today's Date: An F5 Tornado Roared Through Jackson, Mississippi
Tornadoes in the U.S. typically increase sharply in spring. Unfortunately, a few of those can be violent tornadoes, particularly in the South. On March 3, 1966, 59 years ago today, an F5 tornado ...