Some big news came out in the meteorological community on Monday regarding a powerful tornado that occurred in eastern North Dakota on June 20, 2025. The National Weather Service in Grand Forks ...

Measuring the strength of a tornado can be difficult based on sight alone, and weather instruments could easily be damaged by the strong winds. The Enhanced Fujita scale (EF-Scale) looks at the damage ...

You're all familiar with the Enhanced Fujita Scale or EF Scale, which became operational on February 1, 2007, is used to assign a tornado a 'rating' based on estimated wind speeds and related damage.

Earlier this week, the National Weather Service released an updated damage survey for a tornado that struck North Dakota back in June. On June 20, a large, destructive tornado hit the town of Enderlin ...

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ENDERLIN, N.D. — A tornado that killed three people this summer in southeast North Dakota has been reclassified EF5, the most damaging level for a twister. The June 20 tornado that destroyed at least ...

Officials with the National Weather Service confirmed that a brief tornado touched down in Boyle Heights on Christmas morning. The tornado, which was rated EF-0 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, was 0.3 ...