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The old scale lists an F5 tornado as wind speeds of 261–318 mph (420–512 km/h), while the new scale lists an EF5 as a tornado with winds above 200 mph (322 km/h), found to be sufficient to cause the damage previously ascribed to the F5 range of wind speeds.
In 2022, meteorologist and structural and forensic engineer Timothy Marshall noted that "the tornado damage rating might have been higher had more wind resistant structures been encountered" and "the damage likely would have been more severe if the tornado were slower." [34] EF4 damage occurred in Kentucky; the maximum damage in Tennessee was ...
This is a list of tornadoes which has been officially or unofficially labeled as F3, EF3, IF3 during the 2020s decade. These scales – the Fujita scale, the Enhanced Fujita scale, the International Fujita scale, and the TORRO tornado intensity scale – attempt to estimate the intensity of a tornado by classifying the damage caused to natural features and man-made structures in the tornado's ...
So far the National Weather Service has estimated 13 tornadoes hit Middle TN Saturday. Here's a look at how tornadoes are ranked, windspeeds and more. Tennessee tornadoes: What classifies as one ...
The Nashville Weather Service continues to evaluate the storm damage and possible tornado paths after destructive storms in Middle Tennessee.
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]
Last weekend's Clarksville tornado moved from Tennessee into Kentucky with EF2 damage, as close as 4 miles from an EF3 tornado that struck Warren County on Dec. 11, 2021. After the Clarksville ...
The effects of Hurricane Ike in inland North America, in September 2008, were unusually intense and included widespread damage across all or parts of eleven states – Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, [1] Pennsylvania, Tennessee and West Virginia, (not including Louisiana and Texas where the storm made landfall) and into parts of Ontario as Ike, which ...