Recent years have seen the addition of EFU tornadoes, for which intensity isn't known, to the Enhanced Fujita scale used to ...

A massive tornado that tore through Lubbock on May 11, 1970, killed 26 people, left more than 500 injured, and caused $100 ...

Each of these would be a major weather event anywhere in the country. But in one bizarre day, both the strongest possible ...

However, in 2007, the NWS switched to an Enhanced Fujita scale, and so that tornado, nowadays, would’ve been ranked as an EF5 tornado, which is only about 1% of all tornadoes. The tornado ...

According to the National Weather Service, the current lead time for the most dangerous EF3, EF4, and EF5 tornadoes is 16 minutes on average. The average lead time is 13 minutes for all tornadoes.

A Tornado Warning is in effect until 12:45 p.m. in Plaquemines Parish. Those in the warned area should take shelter immediately. Watch the video player above for live severe weather coverage.

About half the tornado deaths, on average, are caused by the rarest EF4 (wind speeds 166-200 mph) and EF5 (wind speeds greater than 200 mph) tornadoes, which make up about 1% of all tornadoes.

The Lubbock County Historical Commission is set to dedicate two Texas Historical Markers to commemorate the deadly 1970 Lubbock tornado and Dr ... Fujita Scale (EFU-EF5). It still bears the ...

Cameron, Texas (KWTX) - The National Weather Service office in Fort Worth has confirmed that four tornadoes spawned in Central Texas from Tuesday’s storms. The strongest tornado was an EF-1 ...

As of Tuesday morning, the local National Weather Service offices have issued a tornado watch across a large portion of the state, from Fredericksburg to Houston and Waco to San Antonio until 4 p ...

HEAVY RAINS, FLOODING POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY. NOW, TODAY WE COULD HAVE A STORM THAT COULD CONTAIN SOME GUSTY WINDS, MAYBE AN ISOLATED TORNADO, A STRONG STORM WITH HAIL POSSIBLE, BUT SEVERE ...