On March 3, 1966, 59 years ago today, an F5 tornado tore a 202-mile long path across central and eastern Mississippi into western Alabama. Of the 58 people killed by the twister, 57 were in ...

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 ...

Modern standards qualify the so-called Tri-State Tornado as an F5, a mile-wide funnel with wind speeds greater than 260 mph (418 kph). Perhaps the best evidence of its destructive handiwork was ...

In Hesston, the tornado strengthened into a solid F5 that packed a punch with violent winds up to 261-318 mph, the NWS reported. It eventually weakened as it entered McPherson County. The National ...