Following tornadic storms Sunday in Denver, the National Weather Service will conduct storm surveys to determine their ...

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

MILWAUKEE - Tornadoes are categorized on what is called the Enhanced Fujita Scale or EF Scale. The Enhanced Fujita Scale ...

When a tornado strikes, a team from the National Weather Service (NWS) is sent out to assess the storm’s wind speeds and ...

A series of outbreaks in March, April and May have produced hundreds of tornadoes, with five of them rating as violent EF4s.

The National Weather Service has determined that the family of tornadoes that tore through south-central Kansas on Sunday ...

From that assessment, the tornado is given a rating on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, or the EF scale. According to the NWS Wichita Warning Coordination Meteorologist Vanessa Pearce, it has been ...

Pinpoint Weather Meteorologist Liz McGiffin explains how storm damage assessments play a role when it comes to determining the rating of a tornado. The official first day of summer is still a ...

Decades after the Lubbock storm, researchers at Texas Tech University played a key role in developing the more accurate Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale. "NWS personnel, who are responsible for rating ...

The 2025 spring tornado season was one of the most active in over a decade, with over 900 tornado reports. Several intense ...