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

After severe storms blew through Illinois on Easter Sunday, Illinois’ tornado count for 2025 is now up to 64. The National ...

We're heading into peak severe weather season and coming off one of the most active seasons in recent history for the state ...

UPDATE: Here’s the damage path for Columbia’s EF-1 tornado on Easter Sunday 2025. It was on the ground for about 7 minutes starting near rangeline before crossing Highway 63 and moving northeast. It ...

That community experienced the devastating impact of an EF-5 tornado— the most intense category on the Enhanced Fujita Scale—with winds exceeding 200 miles per hour. The destruction was ...

"It is worth repeating - Monday is likely to be a dangerous weather day," says the National Weather Service in the Twin ...

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued Sunday's tornado near New Bloomfield a preliminary EF-2 rating. In a statement on ...

Then, in 2007, the weather service adopted the Enhanced Fujita scale, which better reflected actual storm wind speeds based on new science. The vast majority of tornadoes are considered “weak.” ...

This may have limited the intensity rating of the tornado since the Enhanced Fujita scale is built on damage markers rather than actual wind speeds. Wedge tornadoes have to be strong. There is no ...