North Dakota EF5 upgrade reignites debate over tornado classifications

After 12 years, the U.S. has its first EF5 tornado. Meteorologist Andrew Stutzke breaks down why this could mean other ...
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National Weather Service upgrades tornado to EF5, the first in 12 years

ENDERLIN, N.D. (AP) - A deadly tornado that tore across southeastern North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to an EF5 with winds topping 200 mph (322 kph), the strongest classification of tornado ...

A June tornado turned out to be a rare EF5. Why that’s surprising — and important

There hadn’t been an EF5 — the most intense on the five-point Enhanced Fujita Scale — anywhere on the planet for more than 12 years, dating back to an Oklahoma tornado on May 20, 2013. And then on ...
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EF5 tornado that killed 3 in North Dakota was the nation's first in 12 years

A deadly tornado that tore across southeastern North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to an EF5 with winds topping 200 mph (322 kph), the strongest classification of tornado and the first ...
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National Weather Service upgrades tornado to EF5, the first in 12 years

The 1999 Bridge Creek-Moore tornado in Oklahoma holds the record of the strongest winds ever recorded in the U.S. at 321 mph (517 kph). Since the National Weather Service began using Enhanced Fujita ...