The Enhanced Fujita Scale provides an estimated range of a tornado's wind speeds, based on the tornado's damage.
The National Weather Service confirmed Monday's tornado had peak winds of 120 mph, earning it the classification of EF-2.
A radar-confirmed tornado touched down along Interstate 4 in Lake Mary around 9:30 a.m. The National Weather Service confirmed it as an EF-2 with peak winds of 120 mph. Just west, trees were down and ...
Four F1 (73 to 112 mph) tornadoes and a F0 (40 to 72 mph) tornado were also reported. Two of those twisters touched down in southeastern North Carolina, impacting Columbus and Bladen counties.
The scale ranked these tornadoes from F0 (weakest) to F5 (strongest). The exact rank is determined by meteorologists and engineers after conducting surveys of damage from a particular storm. Upon ...