The documentary The Twister: Caught in the Storm is constantly using the Enhanced Fujita scale when talking about the tornadoes featured in the film, so here is how the EF scale works and how many ...

MILWAUKEE - Tornadoes are categorized on what is called the Enhanced Fujita Scale or EF Scale. The Enhanced Fujita Scale became operational on February 1, 2007. It was designed to rate tornadoes based ...

Decades after the Lubbock storm, researchers at Texas Tech University played a key role in developing the more accurate Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale. "NWS personnel, who are responsible for rating ...

That’s where the Enhanced Fujita Scale, more commonly known as the EF scale, comes into play. The EF scale is the scale that meteorologists use to survey damage and estimate a tornado’s ...

That’s why it’s important to understand how tornadoes are measured. Enter the EF Scale, short for Enhanced Fujita Scale. Unlike measuring size alone, the EF Scale rates tornadoes by the damage ...

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado touched down in St. Johns County on ...

In the span of around five days, Gordon County saw four confirmed tornadoes that left trails of destruction across the area.

When a tornado strikes, a team from the National Weather Service (NWS) is sent out to assess the storm’s wind speeds and damage.