The Enhanced Fujita scale (abbreviated as EF-Scale) rates tornado intensity based on the severity of the damage they cause. It is used in some countries...
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Fujita scale was replaced with the Enhanced Fujita scale (EF-Scale) in the United States in February 2007. In April 2013, Canada adopted the EF-Scale...
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State Meteorological Agency (AEMET). The scale is intended to be analogous to the Fujita and Enhanced Fujita scales, while being more applicable internationally...
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Tornado intensity (redirect from Tornado scales)
wide-scale use, intensity is usually inferred by proxies, such as damage. The Fujita scale, Enhanced Fujita scale, and the International Fujita scale rate...
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intensity scales. These scales – the Fujita scale, the Enhanced Fujita scale, the International Fujita scale, and the TORRO tornado intensity scale – attempt...
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rating. These scales – the Fujita scale, the Enhanced Fujita scale, the International Fujita scale, and the TORRO tornado intensity scale – attempt to...
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the Enhanced Fujita Scale in Romania". Babes Bolyai University Faculty of Geography: 568–575. ProQuest 1318799643. "Enhanced Fujita Scale (EF-Scale)"....
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decade. These scales – the Fujita scale, the Enhanced Fujita scale, the International Fujita scale, and the TORRO tornado intensity scale – attempt to...
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the tornadoes were rated EF5, which is the highest ranking on the Enhanced Fujita scale; typically these tornadoes are recorded no more than once a year...
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Wind (section Enhanced Fujita scale)
Regional Specialized Meteorological Centers worldwide: The Enhanced Fujita Scale (EF Scale) rates the strength of tornadoes by using damage to estimate...
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1960s. These scales – the Fujita scale, the Enhanced Fujita scale, the International Fujita scale, and the TORRO tornado intensity scale – attempt to...
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severe weather across southwest to central Kansas, encompassed by a level 3/Enhanced risk that extended into northwestern Oklahoma as well. Across the highest...
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the United States adopted the Enhanced Fujita Scale in 2007, Environment Canada continued to use the original Fujita Scale to assess tornado intensity until...
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during 2024. Unlike the United States, both the original Fujita Scale and the Enhanced Fujita Scale are used to rank tornadoes across the country. All dates...
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CLIWOC Douglas sea scale Enhanced Fujita scale Extratropical cyclone Fujita scale Saffir–Simpson scale Sea state Squall TORRO scale Huler, Scott (2004)...
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decade. These scales – the Fujita scale, the Enhanced Fujita scale, the International Fujita scale, and the TORRO tornado intensity scale – attempt to...
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2023 Rolling Fork–Silver City tornado (category Pages using multiple image with auto scaled images)
hail, damaging winds, and strong tornadoes (EF2+ on the Enhanced Fujita scale). The enhanced risk was expanded northward the following day, and the original...
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Fujita scale. In February 2007, the Enhanced Fujita scale is formally released and put into use across the United States, replacing the Fujita scale....
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falling under the "strong" or "violent" categories (EF2–EF5) of the Enhanced Fujita Scale, there have been instances in which tornadoes of this intensity...
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1950s. These scales – the Fujita scale, the Enhanced Fujita scale, the International Fujita scale, and the TORRO tornado intensity scale – attempt to...
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seen in Europe. Violent tornadoes—those rated EF4 or EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale—occur more often in the United States than in any other country...
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2011 El Reno–Piedmont tornado (category Pages using multiple image with auto scaled images)
tornado was given a rating of EF5, the highest category on the Enhanced Fujita scale. It was the first tornado rated EF5 or F5 to strike Oklahoma since...
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multiple loops and sharp turns. Because Environment Canada adopted the Enhanced Fujita scale in 2013, there will be no more tornadoes with an F5 rating, making...
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Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The agency utilizes the Enhanced Fujita Scale to rate and assess tornado intensity based on the damage left behind...
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decade. These scales – the Fujita scale, the Enhanced Fujita scale, the International Fujita scale, and the TORRO tornado intensity scale – attempt to...
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Environment Canada (EC) adopts a variation of the Enhanced Fujita scale (CEF-scale), replacing the Fujita scale across Canada. May A violent EF5 tornado impacts...
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intensity. Canada adopted the Enhanced Fujita scale on April 1, 2013, with the country using the Fujita scale before. Both scales measure how violent tornadoes...
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Dakota rated the worst of the damage from the tornado EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita scale. The tornado was also used as the cover for the 2021 disaster film...
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National Weather Service to assign a rating of low-end EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, with maximum wind speeds estimated at 170 mph (270 km/h). Early...
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metres (2,000 ft) aloft, winds equivalent to EF5 intensity on the Enhanced Fujita scale, although these winds did not impact any structures. EF2 damage...
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