Unfortunately, a few of those can be violent tornadoes, particularly in the South. On March 3, 1966, 59 years ago today, an F5 tornado tore a 202-mile long path across central and eastern ...

21 in Indiana. There were 30 violent tornadoes rated then F4 and F5. The longest tornado track in Indiana (at the time) occurred in this outbreak. The “Monticello tornado” tracked a whopping ...

In southeast Oklahoma, an up to 1.5 mile wide F5 tornado tore through 53 miles of Choctaw and McCurtain Counties, injuring 29. The tornado carried a motel sign from Broken Bow, Oklahoma ...

EF4 tornadoes are even more destructive. Most well-built permanent structures can be reduced to merely their foundations, while large vehicles can be picked up and ... scale, F5, EF5, and IF5 ...

When a tornado tears through an area, the main question after the fact is, “How strong was it?” That’s where the Enhanced ...

Of the 10 tornadoes that touched down during this event, five were extremely intense and long-lived F4 and F5 tornadoes. Of the five violent tornadoes that day, three had an F5 rating, meaning ...

which rated tornadoes from F0 to F5, based on estimated wind speeds and observed damage. Then, in 2007, the weather service adopted the Enhanced Fujita scale, which better reflected actual storm ...

A powerful, wide-reaching spring storm is threatening parts of the central and eastern US, with a life-threatening outbreak ...