When a tornado tears through an area, the main question after the fact is, “How strong was it?” That’s where the Enhanced ...

The EF Scale is basically an updated version of the F-Scale. If you are around my age ... the construction of the structures damaged by the tornado.” The EF Scale incorporates 28 damage ...

Instead, after a tornado hits, the U.S. National Weather Service uses a rating system it adopted in 1973 called the Fujita Scale. Devised by meteorologist Theodore Fujita in 1970, the F-scale ...

The scale does not take the tornado’s size, duration, or radar wind speeds into account. The EF Scale replaced the original F scale in 2007 and has been used ever since. The EF Scale takes more ...

HOISINGTON, Kan. (KSNW) — On this day 24 years ago, the city of Hoisington in Barton County was struck by a tornado.

MIGHT REMEMBER THE EF SCALE EF 01234 AND ONWARD TO F SCALE. NOW WE’LL START WITH A WEAK TORNADO EF ZERO. SEEING MINOR DAMAGE DONE, THOSE WINDS TYPICALLY 65 TO 85 MILES AN HOUR. AND THESE ...

With wind speeds surpassing the EF5 rating, some people have begun questioning whether a revised scale, or introducing an EF6 rating, might be considered in the future. After a suspected tornado ...

On April 16, 1998, 13 tornadoes touched down, including the strongest ever in Middle Tennessee — known as “The Forgotten F-5.” Several tornadoes impacted the Nashville area, including an F-3 that ...

At least four tornadoes touched down in East Texas over the last week, according to the National Weather Service. Storm ...