The Enhanced Fujita Scale, love it or hate it, is our current system for rating the hundreds of tornadoes that occur each year across the United States. To much chagrin, it rates tornadoes solely ...

Oklahoma saw 74 tornadoes last year ranging in severity and speed, and most of them were rated EF1. But what does that rating actually mean? Here's what to know about EF scale and how are tornadoes ...

From the beginning of tornado season in April to its end in August, EF rankings for one tornado after another might blow by and leave your head spinning. However, the tragic death of a toddler and the ...

WELL, AS SURVEYS CONTINUE, WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE STRENGTH OF THE TORNADOES THAT HIT THE METRO LAST WEEK. METEOROLOGIST CAITLIN HARVEY BREAKS DOWN THE EF SCALE THAT’S USED TO RANK TORNADOES IN ...

Some big news came out in the meteorological community on Monday regarding a powerful tornado that occurred in eastern North Dakota on June 20, 2025. The National Weather Service in Grand Forks ...

We go beyond the forecast to explain how tornadoes are rated by the National Weather Service. ROANOKE, Va. – Happy Monday, and welcome to another edition of Beyond The Forecast. This spring has been ...

Damage includes shattered windows at a restaurant in a strip mall and also at a nearby house, according to videos from the ...

With a wind speed of up to 80 mph, a brief tornado traveled for about one-third of a mile in Boyle Heights, a neighborhood on ...

Since 2007, the weather community has used the Enhanced Fujita Scale to rate tornadoes based upon damage to structures and vegetation. The local National Weather Service office will conduct surveys of ...

SO TRUE. PREPARATION IS KEY TO SAFETY. WE HEAR ABOUT TORNADOES RATED ON A SCALE EF ZERO TO EF FIVE, BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AND HOW IS THAT DETERMINED? METEOROLOGIST CAITLIN HARVEY EXPLAINS. WITH ...