Texas sees an average of 135 tornadoes each year, the most of any U.S. state. Here's a look at the worst ones in the Lone ...

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

Dr. Fujita's original scale, which ranges from F0 to F5, is based upon the type and severity of damage the tornado produced. At that time, there were very few actual measurements of tornado wind ...

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 weather ...

While the tornado rating is based on the damage it does, the damage indicators correspond to wind speeds given in the table above. For example, let’s say a tornado hit one of our local high schools.

For more reminders of *** painful Easter week in metro Birmingham. We're here in Rock Creek, Craig Patrick, NBC 13 News. Nearly three decades ago, a monstrous F5 tornado tore through multiple ...

This article was written for April Fools Day. It is not factual. A new category will be added to the Fujita scale from 2026 to formally recognise the ‘mini tornado’. The Fujita scale, and the revised ...

In fact, only six tornadoes have been rated F5 in Texas since 1950 (none have been rated EF5 since the switch to the Enhanced Fujita Scale): Just 59 F5/EF5 tornadoes have been reported nationwide ...

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