The Enhanced Fujita Scale is used to determine the severity of tornadoes: from an EF-0, the weakest, to an EF-5, the strongest. Wind speeds and damage are the main components to rating a storm.

Simply put, the EF5 tornadoes featured in Twisters and the F5 ones differ on the scale they are categorized on. The Fujita scale, introduced by meteorologist Dr. Tetsuya Theodore Fujita in the ...

Instead, after a tornado hits, the U.S. National Weather Service uses a rating system it adopted in 1973 called the Fujita Scale. Devised by meteorologist Theodore Fujita in 1970, the F-scale ...

The strength of a tornado is measured by the Enhanced Fujita Scale (continue scrolling for information on the Enhanced Fujita Scale). A supercell is an organized thunderstorm that contains a very ...

The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-1 tornado impacted some northeastern parts of Hart County Thursday.

He immersed himself in research on tornadoes and introduced the “Fujita Scale”, a six-point scale to classify degrees of tornado intensity.

EF stands for Enhanced Fujita Scale, according to the weather service's website. Tornadoes are rated from EF0 to EF5. The tornado touched down just after 2 p.m. and caused no injuries or deaths ...