The strongest recorded tornado in WNY was an F-4, which would be an EF-5 in today’s scale. It occurred on May 31, 1985. It entered Chautauqua County from the PA border and passed just south of ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — While North Carolina isn’t part of the traditional Tornado Alley ... responders understand a storm’s true strength. The scale ranges from EF0 to EF5: EF0 (65–85 mph ...

Five main tornadoes hit over a span of 2 hours 56 minutes. The scale uses damage as a proxy for tornado strength and ranks tornadoes from a 0 (weakest) to 5 (catastrophic). But because the scale ...

THAT IS, A FULLY FORMED TORNADO. NOW, IN MEASURING TORNADO STRENGTH, WE USE THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE, OR THE EF SCALE THAT’S BEEN UPDATED. MAYBE SOME FOLKS MY AGE ARE A LITTLE OLDER.

The Fujita Scale was improved by nationally renowned ... and are a way for people to know how strong and damaging a tornado was. Depending on the strength, tornadoes can cause damage ranging ...

The first tornado Monday, June 16, traveled from Casino in Cass County to the east side of Gull Lake. The second started west ...

Several people near Sunburst, Kevin, and Cut Bank all reported seeing a funnel cloud on Friday afternoon, June 13, 2025.

Maine typically sees an average of two tornadoes per year, with the vast majority occurring between June and August.

A National Weather Service official said it was the deadliest tornado to ever come through the Jackson office's warning area.

It was the deadliest tornado to ever impact the forecasting area for the National Weather Service office in Jackson, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — When a tornado tears through an area, the main question after the fact is, “How strong was it?” That’s where the Enhanced Fujita Scale, more commonly known as the EF ...

Five ‘strong’ EF3 tornadoes tore through Kansas on Sunday night. While the tornadoes may have had winds close to 200 mph, they passed over largely rural areas.