Ted Fujita, seen here in April 1961, was a professor of geophysical sciences at the University of Chicago. He began teaching courses in 1962 after working as a researcher for several years. (Photo ...

55 years after the deadly 1970 Lubbock tornado, Lubbock County unveiled two new Texas Historical Markers for it and Dr. Ted Fujita.

Tetsuya Theodore "Ted" Fujita (1920-1998) developed the original Fujita Tornado Intensity Scale. The scale was changed to the “Enhanced” Fujita Scale in 2007, after more information about the ...

History of the Enhanced Fujita Scale The original Fujita scale is named after Dr. Ted Fujita, a University of Chicago severe storms research scientist who came up with the scale in 1971. Dr.

Wind speeds are measured on the Enhanced Fujita scale, which was implemented in February of 2007: Tetsuya Theodore "Ted" Fujita (1920-1998) developed the original Fujita Tornado Intensity Scale.

FARGO - While the Red River Valley has been immersed in flood flights the past few years, it too is no stranger to tornadoes. Ted Fujita, a meteorologist who created the scale to measure tornadoes ...