Simply put, the EF5 tornadoes featured in Twisters and the F5 ones differ on the scale they are categorized on. The Fujita scale, introduced by meteorologist Dr. Tetsuya Theodore Fujita in the ...

Damage from the 1999 F5 tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma. Photo courtesy NOAA. Dr. T. Theodore Fujita developed the Fujita Tornado Damage Scale (F-Scale ... EF-1 (86-110 mph) F1 (73-112 ...

NOAA data shows 9,759 tornadoes were reported statewide between January 1950 and January 2024, the most recent data available ...

Sealy, Texas-Here at last, the Venom F5, successor to the Venom GT. If you remember from Meteorology 101, the Fujita scale pegs the strongest tornado as an F5, with winds of 261 to 318 mph ...

The Fujita scale is used to determine how powerful a tornado is. The highest on the scale - an F5 - is used to categorise tornadoes travelling at up to 318mph (511km/h). These tornadoes can cause ...

The town of Sunfield, Illinois, about 65 miles southeast of St. Louis, was wiped out by one of the 25 tornadoes. It was later rated F5 after the Fujita scale was implemented in 1971. Incredibly, only ...