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.

An Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale, developed by a forum of nationally renowned meteorologists and wind engineers, makes improvements to the original F scale. This EF Scale has replaced the …

The EF Scale takes into account more variables than the original F Scale did when assigning a wind speed rating to a tornado. The EF Scale incorporates 28 damage indicators (DIs) such as …

EF-1 tornado touched down 1 mile northeast of Shell Knob and tracked nearly 4 miles northeast and terminated just after crossing Piney Creek Cove of Table Rock Lake. Damage was mainly …

Sep 3, 2019 · A brief tornado occurred from a quickly intensifying storm over Waukegan, IL early on Tuesday evening, September 3. The tornado was rated an EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita …

Mar 10, 2017 · An EF-1 tornado with wind speeds in a 80 to 90 mph range produced a damage path around 1/3 of a mile long and 100 feet wide on Galveston Island. The tornado originated …

A severe thunderstorm moving northeast across northern Kentucky produced an EF-1 tornado. The tornado tracked 8.3 miles across Oldham County doing damage mostly to the upper …

Mar 31, 2020 · The tornado increased in intensity just to the east of the Pascagoula River and struck another single family home and removed the roof. Numerous large trees were both …

MISSISSIPPI: 2 tornadoes (1 EF-2, 1 EF-1) Additional areas of interest across southeast Mississippi and south Alabama will be surveyed in the coming days. We will also supplement …

The EF Scale, which became operational on February 1, 2007, is used to assign a tornado intensity 'rating' based on estimated wind speeds and related damage.