The Enhanced Fujita Scale, which came into use on Feb. 1, 2007, assigns tornadoes a rating based on wind speeds estimated off ...

Greensburg, Kansas, was nearly wiped off the map by the first-ever tornado officially rated EF5 under the Enhanced Fujita scale. With winds reaching 205 mph and a path wider than the town itself,1.3 ...

Many people in Story County woke up to a tornado warning early Saturday morning. Thanks to pictures taken from space over the ...

The National Weather Service confirmed two tornadoes touched down in southeastern Wisconsin during the storms on Wednesday.

According to the National Weather Service, the tornado that struck Rome on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, was an EF2 category ...

The Enhanced Fujita Scale or more commonly referred to as the EF Scale, became operational in February 2007 and is used to assign a tornado a ‘rating’ based on estimated wind speeds and ...

What the tornado rating scale means in SC and how to be safe during hurricane season By Anna Claire Miller. Updated June 4, 2025 1:20 PM. ... History of the EF Scale.

Meteorologists have confirmed that two EF-0 tornadoes touched down in Hustisford and northeast of Beaver Dam. A third ...

More than 150 died when a twister tore through Joplin in 2011, making it the deadliest tornado in the last seven decades.

People often think of mountains when they think of Colorado, but the Centennial State isn’t all ski slopes — much of the state looks more like Kansas, and the severe weather reflects that.

CROTHERSVILLE, Ind. — A brief spin-up tornado touched down in southern Indiana without warning on Wednesday morning. Radar imagery around 10:30 a.m. showed a large thunderstorm with broad rotation ...

EF-0 is the weakest tornado rating on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, with winds ranging from 65 to 85 mph. The survey reported 65 mph winds in Monday's tornado. Survey teams analyze damage to estimate ...