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.
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.
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 ...
A Recent Plains Tornado Was Rated EFU. You Read That Right – Here's What It Means
A prime example happened Feb. 24 in South Dakota, when a brief tornado documented by a storm chaser spun up over an open ...
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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.
Clean-up continues
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 ...
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Where did all the EF5 tornadoes go? New study explores the decade-long mystery
MOLINE, Ill. — A new study published by the American Meteorological Society has shed light on a puzzling phenomenon: The United States has not logged an EF5 tornado, the most violent category ...
Sunshine and 70s Tuesday following a day of storms
Plenty of sunshine will be on tap starting today. Highs reach the middle 70s. 80s begin tomorrow with the middle 80s on Friday through the weekend. The next storm system will move in Monday bringing ...
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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 ...