Even by Plains standards, this was an unusually large, violent tornado outbreak so early in spring. One Kansas tornado was ...
The Great Tri-State Tornado, the longest tracked F5 tornado in U.S. history, devastated Southeast Missouri, Illinois, and ...
From Logan School’s top floor, 11-year-old Othella Silvey should have been able to see her house easily — it was less than ...
Tornadoes in the U.S. typically increase sharply in spring. Unfortunately, a few of those can be violent tornadoes, particularly in the South. On March 3, 1966, 59 years ago today, an F5 tornado ...
A quirky aspect of the way we measure twisters helps explain why there hasn't been a top-tier-rated tornado in 12 years.
Tornado classifications have evolved since the original Fujita (F scale) was developed in 1971. Under the original F scale, an F5 rating was given as follows: “Whole frame houses tossed off ...
According to a NOAA database, 59 EF5/F5 tornadoes have occurred since 1950, but it has been nearly 12 years since the last event, when an EF5 devastated Moore, Oklahoma in 2013. Researchers from the ...
T​ornadoes in the U.S. typically increase sharply in spring.​ Unfortunately, a few of those can be violent tornadoes, particularly in the South. On March 3, 1966, 59 years ago today, an F5 tornado ...
"It is more difficult to attain an EF5 rating as the EF scale is designed right now than it was to attain an F5 rating on the ...