ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – After Monday’s severe weather threat, a confirmed EF-1 tornado damaged property outside Kenyon ...

THAT IS, A FULLY FORMED TORNADO. NOW, IN MEASURING TORNADO STRENGTH, WE USE THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE, OR THE EF SCALE THAT’S BEEN UPDATED. MAYBE SOME FOLKS MY AGE ARE A LITTLE OLDER.

Forecasters with the National Weather Service office in Norman said a preliminary damage survey found damage on the north side of Ada consistent with an EF-1 tornado based on the Enhanced Fujita ...

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Forecasters with the National Weather Service office in Norman said a preliminary survey found damage on the north side of Ada consistent with an EF-1 tornado based on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. Areas ...

The weather service's Omaha, Nebraska, office said the second tornado was rated EF0 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, with winds up to 60 mph, and touched down near Tabor, a town of about 900 in ...

That community experienced the devastating impact of an EF-5 tornado— the most intense category on the Enhanced Fujita Scale—with winds exceeding 200 miles per hour. The destruction was ...

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Back in 1973, the National Weather Service began ranking tornadoes on the Fujita Scale, which rated tornadoes from F0 to F5, based on estimated wind speeds and observed damage. Then, in 2007 ...

The new scale that the NWS uses is known as the Enhanced Fujita Scale, and it would be classified as an EF-5 today. An EF-5 is a tornado that has winds of more than 200 mph. In total, the 13 ...

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