A massive tornado that tore through Lubbock on May 11, 1970, killed 26 people, left more than 500 injured, and caused $100 million in damages.

Interactive maps and charts with information on tornadoes in East Texas dating back to 1950. Tornado Rating Maps and Charts Tornado Timing Charts Tornado Deaths and Injuries Map Notes: Tornadoes have ...

The EF Scale is basically an updated version of the F-Scale. If you are around my age, you probably remember tornadoes being categorized on the Fujita Scale up to F5. But now, we use the Enhanced ...

The Enhanced Fujita scale measures a tornado's intensity on a scale of 1 to 5 based on its wind speed estimates and resulting damages.

The violent and deadly twister that leveled Rolling Fork, Mississippi, this weekend clocked in as a rare EF4 tornado on the Enhanced Fujita scale.

Once a tornado touches the ground, its strength is estimated by meteorologists using the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale, ranging from EF-0, the weakest tornado with winds estimated between 65 and ...

Following tornadic storms Sunday in Denver, the National Weather Service will conduct storm surveys to determine their intensity and path length. The Enhanced Fujita scale is used to rate tornadoes.

Knowledge How meteorologists rate a tornado's strength NWS rated Monday's Woodville, NC tornado as a high-end EF-1 tornado. Here's a deeper dive into the Enhanced Fujita scale.

Under the old system, created in 1971, an F-5 tornado -- considered the most powerful of tornadoes -- was capable of destroying a typical frame house, with wind speeds estimated at 261 mph to 318 mph.

The Enhanced Fujita Scale provides an estimated range of a tornado's wind speeds, based on the tornado's damage.

The Enhanced Fujita Scale provides an estimated range of a tornado's wind speeds, based on the tornado's damage.