Fujita scale
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The Fujita scale, or Fujita–Pearson scale, is a scale for rating tornado intensity, based primarily on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures and vegetation. The official Fujita scale
F0 tornado damage example
F1 tornado damage example
F2 tornado damage example
FEMA 9697 Photograph by Bob Mc Millan taken on 05 27 2004 in Nebraska
1995 Pampa tornado
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In the afternoon hours of June 8, 1995, a violent but short-lived F4 rated tornado tore through the city limits of Pampa, Texas. It was one of three F4 tornadoes that formed during a tornado outbreak
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…2001, tornado expert Thomas P. Grazulis stated in his book F5–F6 Tornadoes; "In my opinion, if there ever was an F6 tornado caught on video, it was the Pampa, Texas tornado of 1995". In 2023, it was announced by the Storm Prediction Center and National Weather Service Norman, Oklahoma that the 1970 Lubbock tornado was originally…
The tornado as it was approaching the western portions of Pampa.