The images coming out of Moore, Oklahoma serve as a powerful reminder of nature’s fury. That community experienced the ...

In this edition of Weather Tidbits, we’re going to be discussing tornado intensity levels based off of the Enhanced Fujita ...

Understanding the distribution and frequency of tornado intensities is crucial for preparedness and mitigation efforts.

a system known today as the Enhanced Fujita Tornado Intensity Scale. Unlike the first glance at the scale above, the ratings of tornadoes are actually based on damage indicators and observations.

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 ...

April 10, 1929, was the day the only documented F5 tornado occurred in Arkansas. It stretched from southern Batesville to north of Swifton and southern Alicia. How ...

He immersed himself in research on tornadoes and introduced the “Fujita Scale”, a six-point scale to classify degrees of tornado intensity.

Environment Canada said it was a landspout tornado, which are usually weaker than supercell tornadoes and can be whipped up ...

The EF-4 tornado that struck Arkansas and Missouri on March 14 has been confirmed as the region’s third longest since 1950, ...

A "hook echo" and tornado as mapped at fine-scale resolution by a Doppler On Wheels (DOW) radar. Image courtesy of the Center for Severe Weather Research. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!