The Joplin tornado is one of the most dangerous EF5 twisters ever recorded, and here is why it is classified as an EF5 in the first place. The Enhanced Fujita scale is the official way that ...

Once they estimate the wind speed that could’ve caused the damage, using ground reports and Doppler radar data, they can then establish an Enhanced Fujita scale rating for that tornado.

It's with the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale which is gives a tornado a rating based on the damage and estimated wind speeds. The National Weather Service (NWS) in Paducah broke down how many EF-2 ...

To rate the strength of a tornado, meteorologists use the "EF Scale." EF stands for Enhance Fujita, named after Dr. Tutsuya Theodore Fujita, the meteorologist who created this method of rating ...

The Los Angeles office of the National Weather Service confirmed a tornado moved through the ... the lowest level on the Enhanced Fujita scale, which runs up to five. Although tornadoes are ...

Of those, 44 were categorized as "strong" tornadoes, those that produced at least EF2 damage on the Enhanced Fujita scale from which ... Over 900 tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings were ...

Here's the latest: The National Weather Service performed tornado damage surveys following ... are rated from EF0 to EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, ranked from 0 to 5 based on severity of ...