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 ...

THIS is the moment a mammoth wedge tornado rips a path of destruction killing three and causing thousands to lose power. The ...

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 ...

A tornado with wind speeds of up to 95 mph has been confirmed to have hit Clark Mills during the early morning storms, ...

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.

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 ...

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

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

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

When a tornado hits, it later is assigned a number on the Enhanced Fujita scale, ranging from EF-0 (65 mph to 85 mph) to EF-5 (winds over 200 mph), per the NWS. The Truman Sports Complex twister ...

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.