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What the tornado rating scale means in SC and how to be safe during hurricane season
As summertime showers and hurricane season start, here are some tips to stay safe if a tornado comes with an South Carolina ...
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The Enhanced Fujita scale: How tornadoes are rated
Meteorologists do this using a scale called the Enhanced Fujita, or EF, scale. The tornadoes that hit portions of the Denver metro region on Sunday were significant. Many homes were damaged or ...
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Enhanced Fujita Scale; how National Weather Service ranks tornadoes
Ratings go from EF-U to EF-5. MILWAUKEE - Tornadoes are categorized on what is called the Enhanced Fujita Scale or EF Scale. The Enhanced Fujita Scale became operational on February 1 ...
National Weather Service explains Enhanced Fujita Scale ratings for tornadoes
When a tornado strikes, a team from the National Weather Service (NWS) is sent out to assess the storm’s wind speeds and damage.
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The 1970 Lubbock tornado led to the Fujita scale. Then, Texas Tech created the EF-scale
Decades after the Lubbock storm, researchers at Texas Tech University played a key role in developing the more accurate Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale. "NWS personnel, who are responsible for rating ...
NWS confirms tornado touched down in St. Johns County Thursday without a tornado warning
ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado touched down in St. Johns County on ...
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String of tornadoes hit from New Boston to Quad-Cities metro Tuesday evening, NWS says
A string of tornados struck from New Boston to the Illinois Quad-Cities during Tuesday's storms, the National Weather Service ...
Extreme weather's true damage cost is often a mystery. That's a problem for understanding storm risk
On Jan. 5, 2025, at about 2:35 in the afternoon, the first severe hailstorm of the season dropped quarter-size hail in ...