CARTERVILLE, Ill. (WSIL) -- One question you may ask yourself is how tornadoes are measured? It's with the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale which is gives a tornado a rating based on the damage and ...

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 ...

Severe weather season in Texas, or when severe thunderstorm activity peaks between March and June, coincides with transitional weather patterns typical for spring. The jet stream’s position over Texas ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed an EF-1 tornado hit Woodville, North Carolina on Monday around 3 am. Based on the damage to the community, NWS meteorologists determined ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - After a tornado event, the National Weather Service sends out teams to survey the damage and classify tornadoes using the Enhanced Fujita Scale. The scale ranges from EF-0 to EF-5 ...

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 ...

You're all familiar with 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.

MADISON, Wis. -- Starting immediately, the National Weather Service La Crosse office will adopt the EF-U (Unknown) rating as an acceptable rating for tornadoes that touch down in parts of Wisconsin, ...

Severe weather season is here and one of the dangerous hazards alongside it is tornadoes. It all starts with light surface winds beneath a layer of stronger upper-level winds. This creates something ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — With severe weather season in full swing, you’ll start to hear some terms being thrown around when describing certain events. Meteorologist Adam Rutt explains. This past ...