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An F5 is the highest intensity rating on the now retired Fujita Scale. The F5 rating was replaced by EF5 under the new Enhanced Fujita Scale. A tornado rated an F5 had winds great than 261 MPH. The damage from a F5 tornado is incredible, automobiles become flying missles that can be thrown over 110 yards. Trees will be compeltely debarked and ...
73-112. Moderate damage. Peels surface off roofs; mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned; moving autos blown off roads. F2. 113-157. Considerable damage. Roofs torn off frame houses; mobile homes demolished; boxcars overturned; large trees snapped or uprooted; light-object missiles generated; cars lifted off ground. F3.
The 1977 Birmingham–Smithfield F5 tornado's damage was surveyed by Ted Fujita and he “toyed with the idea of rating the Smithfield tornado an F6.” In 2001, tornado expert Thomas P. Grazulis stated in his book F5–F6 Tornadoes; "In my opinion, if there ever was an F6 tornado caught on video, it was the Pampa, Texas tornado of 1995".
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, including the United States, Canada, France, and Japan. The scale has the same basic design as the original Fujita scale—six intensity categories from zero to five, representing increasing ...
The F Scale also met a need to rate both historical and future tornadoes according to the same standards. The version used today—the Enhanced Fujita Scale—ranges from EF0 tornadoes with winds of 65 to 85 miles an hour, to EF5 tornadoes with winds exceeding 200 miles an hour. The U.S. National Weather Service has rated tornadoes according to ...
Some damage to chimneys; breaks branches off trees; pushes over shallow-rooted trees; damages sign boards. F1. Moderate tornado. 73-112 mph. The lower limit is the beginning of hurricane wind speed; peels surface off roofs; mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned; moving autos pushed off the roads; attached garages may be destroyed. F2.
May 7, 2021 · Two tornadoes struck Lubbock, Texas, on May 11, 1970. The second—a monster F5 twister—destroyed thousands of homes, devastated the city’s central business district, and killed 26 people.
