Moore, Oklahoma, tornado May 20 ... "When we moved to the new EF scale in 2008, the wind speeds to confirm an F5/EF5 tornado changed from 200 to 201 mph, but damage indicators which validate ...
With the threat of severe weather in Lafayette County tonight and Saturday, a new tornado shelter is now open and available ...
Damage from the 1999 F5 tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma. Photo courtesy NOAA. Dr. T. Theodore Fujita developed the Fujita Tornado Damage Scale (F-Scale) to provide estimates of tornado ...
Mobile radars have only found 300+ mph winds in two other tornadoes. In 1999, a Doppler On Wheels estimated 321 mph winds in the Bridge Creek-Moore, Oklahoma, F5 tornado. In 2013, another radar ...
The violent tornado that forever scarred Moore, Oklahoma, took less than ten minutes to carve ... Both scales range from F0/EF-0 (“weak”) to F5/EF-5 (“incredible”), with the top of the scale ...
Tornadoes are among the strongest and deadliest types of weather, capable of destroying entire neighborhoods in minutes. However, the most powerful tornadoes, classified as EF5, make up less than 1% ...