No, EF is for Enhanced Fujita scale and F is for Fujita scale. The new scale, implemented in 2007 is more accurate, but ratings are essentially equivalent. Most tornadoes would receive the same rating on either scale.
A tornado with the fastest known wind speeds would be classified as an EF5 tornado on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. EF5 tornadoes have estimated wind speeds of over 200 mph (322 km/h) and cause extreme damage.
Winds in a EF5 tornado, the highest category on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, can exceed 200 mph (322 km/h) and cause catastrophic damage. These powerful winds can destroy well-built houses, uproot trees, and turn cars into projectiles.
An F5 tornado is the strongest category of tornado on the Fujita Scale of Tornado Intensity, which rates tornadoes from F0 to F5 based on damage. An F5 tornado causes total devastation, blowing houses clean off their foundations and throwing cars hundreds of yards. Wind estimates for F5 damage were originally put at 261-318 mph, but later analysis showed that this estimate was to high, ans was adjust to 201+ mph for the EF5 category on the Enhanced Fujita scale.
There is no such thing as an EF6 tornado. Estimated winds for an EF5 tornado start at just over 200 mph and have no upper bound.
Out of the ground, no. However, a strong enough tornado can wipe a house from its foundation. Normally this will earn a tornado a rating of EF4 or EF5, though if the house is poorly anchored an EF3 rating may be appropriate.
The most powerful category of tornado is F5 on the Fujita scale or EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.
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There is no set upper limit for an EF5 tornado. Any tornado with estimated winds in excess of 200 mph is considered an EF5.
No. Florida has never recorded an F5 or EF5 tornado.
No, fortunately I have not seen an EF5 tornado, that is in real life So, Yeah
The rarest rating for a tornado is EF5. Less than one tornado in every thousand receives such a rating.
No. EF5 is the strongest tornado on the Enhanced Fujita and therefore the most dangerous type.
The one EF5 tornado in Oklahoma in 2011 occurred on May 24.
The strongest category of tornado is EF5 (F5 in countries that still use the original Fujita scale). However, although these tornadoes are the strongest they are not always the largest. In fact, for nine years the largest tornado on record, which hit Hallam, Nebraska on May 22, 2004 was an F4. Though weaker than an F5 this is still and extremely powerful tornado. This was later surpassed by the El Reno, Oklahoma tornado of May 31, 2013, which was rated EF5.
The Greensburg tornado was an EF5, the strongest category of tornado.
No, but it is given a rating based on the EF scale which ranges from EF0-EF5. EF0- Weakest tornado. EF5- Most violent tornado.
No, the maximum rating is EF5. The primary factor in rating a tornado is damage, and since EF5 damage is total destruction there is no room for a higher category. Also, there is no upper bound for EF5 winds; any tornado with estimated winds over 200 mph is an EF5.