EF5 vs. F5: Abilene meteorologists explain how tornado ratings evolved

Some might think the Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale is basically the same as the original Fujita (F) Scale, but Big Country ...

EF-0 tornado touched down in northern Grimes County, NWS confirms

An EF-0 tornado touched down in Grimes County, causing tree and structural damage, with one home losing windows, reports the NWS.

First EF5 tornado in 12 years ranked in North Dakota

Initially, this tornado was rated an EF3. But due to work from the Northern Tornadoes Project of Western University in ...
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Ending the ‘EF-5 drought,’ first EF-5 tornado confirmed in over a decade

Earlier this week, the National Weather Service released an updated damage survey for a tornado that struck North Dakota back in June. On June 20, a large, destructive tornado hit the town of Enderlin ...
San Mateo Daily Journal

EF5 tornado that killed 3 in North Dakota was the nation's first in 12 years

A deadly tornado that tore across southeastern North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to an EF5 with winds topping 200 mph (322 kph), the strongest classification of tornado and the first on ...
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Mile-wide tornado that hit North Dakota in June was a monster EF5, the first in 12 years

WASHINGTON — An EF5 tornado struck North Dakota this year, the National Weather Service confirmed Monday, marking the first tornado of that strength in more than a decade on American soil. The ...
The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

EF-1 tornado confirmed in Hot Spring County on Saturday; no injuries reported

A graphic from the National Weather Service shows the area of Hot Spring County at risk for a tornado on Saturday, Oct. 18, ...