Fujita Tornado Damage Scale - NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses leveled off foundations and swept away; automobile-sized missiles fly through the air in excess of 100 meters (109 yds); trees debarked; incredible …
Fujita scale - Wikipedia
The Fujita scale (F-Scale; / fuˈdʒiːtə /), or Fujita–Pearson scale (FPP scale), is a scale for rating tornado intensity, based primarily on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures …
Enhanced Fujita scale - Wikipedia
The Enhanced Fujita scale (abbreviated as EF-Scale) rates tornado intensity based on the severity of the damage they cause. It is used in some countries, including the United States …
The Fujita Scale - National Weather Service
Moderate tornado: 73-112 mph: The lower limit is the beginning of hurricane wind speed; peels surface off roofs; mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned; moving autos pushed …
F2 Tornado - Tornado Rating on the Fujita Scale | TornadoFacts.net
A tornado rated an F2 has winds speeds between 113 to 157 MPH (181 to 253 km/h). The damage from a F2 tornado can be significant. Frame houses can have it's roof torn off. Mobile …
Tornado intensity - Wikipedia
Tornado intensity is the measure of wind speeds and potential risk produced by a tornado. Intensity can be measured by in situ or remote sensing measurements, but since these are …
Storm Prediction Center Enhanced Fujita Scale (EF Scale)
The Fujita Scale is a well known scale that uses damage caused by a tornado and relates the damage to the fastest 1/4-mile wind at the height of a damaged structure. Fujita's scale was …
Tornado Scale - The Enhanced Fujita Scale | TornadoFacts.net
The Fujita scale (F-Scale), also known as the Fujita-Pearson scale, is a tornado scale that was introduced in 1971 by Tetsuya Fujita. In the United States the Fujita scale was replaced with …
Enhanced F Scale for Tornado Damage - NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center
Enhanced F Scale for Tornado Damage. An update to the the original F-scale by a team of meteorologists and wind engineers, implemented in the U.S. on 1 February 2007.
The Enhanced Fujita Scale (EF Scale) - National Weather Service
The Enhanced Fujita Scale or EF Scale, which became operational on February 1, 2007, is used to assign a tornado a 'rating' based on estimated wind speeds and related damage.