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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". [13] 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". [14]
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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 and France. [1] The EF scale is also unofficially used in other countries, including China and Brazil. [2] [3]
Since 1905, NWS has tracked 13 EF5 tornadoes in Oklahoma, including the devastating 2013 Moore tornado. The tornado's 17-mile destructive path on May 20, 2013, left hundreds injured and nearly ...
This scale helps categorize each tornado by its intensity and its area, and can estimate the wind speeds associated with the damage caused by the tornado. The EF scale are divided into six categories:
Tornadoes can occur anywhere in the U.S., according to the National Weather Service.Tornadoes are “most common in the central plains east of the Rocky Mountains and west of the Appalachians.”
The Xenia, Ohio, F5 tornado of April 3, 1974.This was one of two tornadoes to receive a preliminary rating of F6, which was downgraded later to a rating of F5. [1]This is a list of tornadoes which have been officially or unofficially labeled as F5, EF5, IF5, T10-T11, the highest possible ratings on the various tornado intensity scales.
Violent tornadoes are extremely rare outside of the United States and Canada. F5 and EF5 tornadoes are rare. In the United States, they typically only occur once every few years, [14] and account for approximately 0.1 percent of confirmed tornadoes. [15] An F5 tornado was reported in Elie, Manitoba, in Canada, on June 22, 2007. [16]