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F4 and F5 are the two strongest categories of tornado on the Fujita scale. A damage based scale which rates tornadoes from F0 to F5.
An F4 tornado will reduce most houses to piles of rubble.
An F5 tornado will completely annihilate almost any house and wipe it clean off its foundation. Winds in an F5 can exceed 300 mph.
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Has Colorado had any F5 tornado?
No. There has never been an F5 tornado recorded in Colorado. It has had a handful of F4 tornadoes.
An F4 or greater tornado is classified as?
An F4 or higher tornado (the only higher rating being F5) is classified as violent.
Was the tornado in freedom Wisconsin an F5 tornado?
To date there have been no F5 tornadoes in the Freedom area since 1950. If you are referring to the 1984 tornado, it was an F4.
What does F4 or F5 tornadoes mean?
F4 and F5 are the two strongest categories of tornado on the Fujita Scale. The Fujita scale rates tornadoes from F0 to F5 by the severity of damage done. An F4 tornado will level most houses and strip the bark from trees. An F5 tornado, with winds than can exceed 300 mph, will completely annihilate a well built house and sweep it clean off its foundation. Cars and even houses can be thrown hundreds of feet.
Can the F5 tornado destroy a huge village?
Yes. Large F4 and F5 tornadoes have been known to destroy entire towns.
Is there a such thing as a F4 tornado?
Yes. F4 is the second strongest category on the Fujita scale, indicating an extremely powerful tornado that can completely level well-built homes.
Can there be F5 tornadoes in LA?
Depends on whether you mean Louisiana or Los Angeles. Louisiana has had one F5 tornado since 1900. No F4 or F5 tornado in the United States has ever been recorded west of the Rockies. This would make it incredibly unlikely that an F5 tornado might hit Los Angeles.
Is there an F5 tornado in Oklahoma City?
There was an F5 that hit the Oklahoma city area in 1999, but it had weakened to F4 intensity by the time it hit Oklahoma city proper.
Is it possible for an EF5 tornado to hit New york?
It is possible but quite unlikely. No F5 or EF5 tornado has ever been recorded in the State of New York, but there have been a few F4 tornadoes. One tornado in Massachusetts in 1953 was possibly an F5.
Is f4 the biggest tornado?
No. The highest rating a tornado can receive on the Fujita scale is F5. F4 is the second highest rating. Even then, while very strong tornadoes tend to be large, ratings are not based on size; they are based on the severity of damage the tornado inflicts.
Was the largest tornado that ever hit Colorado an EF5 tornado?
No, Colorado has never recorded an F5 or EF5 tornado, the strongest was an F4. The largest tornado (by path width) on record in Colorado was rated EF3.
What Texas town was hit by two f5 category tornadoes?
To date, no town in Texas has been hit by two F5 tornadoes. Worth mentioning, though is the town of Wichita Falls, Texas. It was hit by an F5 tornado on April 3, 1964 and an F4 tornado on April 10, 1979. The second tornado is the more famous of the two and is incorrectly believed by some to have been an F5.
