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 ...

Measuring the strength of a tornado can be difficult based on sight alone, and weather instruments could easily be damaged by the strong winds. The Enhanced Fujita scale (EF-Scale) looks at the damage ...

You’ve seen photos and video footage of ominous-looking tornadoes ripping through cities, launching cars through the air and leveling houses. But how much do you know about how a twister’s strength is ...

On the morning of May 11, 1970, skies darkened over Lubbock and winds began to rise, setting the stage for the kind of storm many in Tornado Alley pray never comes their way. By late that Monday ...

The National Weather Service uses the EF Scale to rate a tornado based on wind speeds and damage. The Enhanced Fujita Scale (EF Scale) has been used since 2007 and the National Weather Service is the ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - When you think of severe weather season, the first thing that probably comes to mind are tornadoes. Tornadoes are measured on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, or EF Scale, using the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — When a tornado tears through an area, the main question after the fact is, “How strong was it?” That’s where the Enhanced Fujita Scale, more commonly known as the EF scale, ...

The NWS said in a June 19 Facebook post that the strongest tornado, documented north of Jacksonville with an EF of at least 2, was not yet plotted. The Enhanced Fujita, or EF, Scale rates tornadoes ...

The Enhanced Fujita scale looks at the damage caused by a tornado to measure its strength.