This edition of Weather Tidbits will be discussing the Enhanced Fujita Scale (EF scale). The EF scale is a classification ...
The Enhanced Fujita scale measures a tornado's intensity on a scale of 1 to 5 based on its wind speed estimates and resulting ...
Since Feb. 1, 2007, the National Weather Service has used the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale, an improved version of the scale designed by Dr. Tetsuya Theodore Fujita in 1971 to estimate tornado wind ...
SO WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT SCALE AND HOW ARE THESE RATINGS DETERMINED. SO THIS IS CALLED THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. AND WHAT THIS IS BASED OFF OF REALLY IS DAMAGE IN WIND SPEED. SO THE WEATHER ...
I've been asked, "What does EF-2 even mean?" and "What is the Enhanced Fujita Scale?" Those are good questions. The scale was created by Ted Fujita, who is known to be one of the biggest contributors ...
The NWS determined that two EF-2 tornados and one EF-1 struck Leon County on the morning of the second Friday in May. Winds ...
This severe weather season has been an active one, with dozens of tornados causing damage across the country. The National ...
HODGES — Wednesday night's tornado that struck Franklin County was an EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, with wind speeds ...
Several were injured after severe weather, including tornadoes, swept through the Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia ...
According to the National Weather Service, on average, tornadoes only last five to 10 minutes. Tornadoes are rated on the ...