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.
Why A Severe Thunderstorm Warning Could Save Your Life
They're much more common than tornadoes. Here's why severe thunderstorms are dangerous and why you should take action when a ...
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 ...
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Tornado warnings issued across Florida. What each alert means, how to set up phone alerts
Tornado warning: A sighting or weather radar indicated a tornado. Try to move to an interior room on the lowest level in a ...
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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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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 ...