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The drought began on May 20, 2013, following the dissipation of the 2013 Moore, Oklahoma EF5 tornado. [11] [12] Several tornadoes since the Moore EF5 have reached the 200 miles per hour (320 km/h) wind speeds needed for a tornado to be classified as an EF5, including the 2013 El Reno EF3 tornado and 2015 Rochelle–Fairdale EF4 tornado, with wind speeds measured in excess of 295 miles per hour ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Maximum rated tornado: EF5 tornado. Philadelphia, Mississippi on April 27; Hackleburg, Alabama
Eleven years later, it remains the most recent tornado to be rated EF5, the strongest possible rating on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. The 11-year gap is the longest since official U.S. records began ...
Here's how tornadoes are rated on the Enhanced Fujita scale and what those ratings mean.
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An EF5 rating on the new scale requires a higher standard of construction in houses than does an F5 rating on the old scale. So, the complete destruction and sweeping away of a typical American frame home, which would likely be rated F5 on the Fujita scale, would probably be rated EF4 or lower.
National Weather Service confirmed a tornado damaged homes overnight Wednesday in North Myrtle Beach. Crews were surveying the damage Thursday. Tornado tore through Cherry Grove area with 85 mph ...