OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - After a tornado event, the National Weather Service sends out teams to survey the damage and classify tornadoes using the Enhanced Fujita Scale. The scale ranges from EF-0 to EF-5 ...
Tornadoes are rated on the EF scale based on the damage that they cause, but meteorologists only have 28 indicators to use ...
Measuring tornado winds at the ground level is notoriously difficult. Instead, meteorologists look at the damage, using on or more of 28 key indicators to determine how strong the tornado likely was ...
The first tornado warning was issued at around 8:30 a.m. Monday morning, hours before the worst of the storms were forecast ...