Tornado intensity and damage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tornadoes vary in intensity regardless of shape, size, and location. While strong tornadoes are typically larger than weak tornadoes, there are several instances of F5 tornadoes with damage paths le...
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; The Fujita Scale is used to rate the intensity of a tornado by examining the damage caused by the tornado after it has passed over a man-made structure.; ... Aerial surveys are occasionally done after violent tornadoes to determine the exact damage track. Insurance companies may also call in wind engineers to do their...
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www.tornadoproject.com/fscale/fscale.htm
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The most violent tornadoes are capable of tremendous destruction with wind speeds of 250 mph or more. Damage paths can be in excess of one mile wide and 50 miles long. Once a tornado in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, carried a motel sign 30 ... Waterspouts occasionally move inland becoming tornadoes causing damage and injuries.
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www.nssl.noaa.gov/NWSTornado/
www.nssl.noaa.gov/NWSTornado/
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photos of damage associated with tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005 across northern and central Georgia ... Images below are examples of damage caused by F0, F1 and F2 tornadoes associated with Hurricane Katrina that struck several counties in northern and central Georgia.
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www.srh.noaa.gov/ffc/html/katrinafotosb.shtml
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Commonwealth of Kentucky News Center page. Your place for Kentucky government news and information. ... – Governor Ernie Fletcher and Kentucky Adjutant General Donald Storm traveled to parts of Western Kentucky today to access damage caused by tornadoes that moved through the commonwealth early Sunday.
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www.kentucky.gov/Newsroom/agovernor/051106wkytornadodam...
www.kentucky.gov/Newsroom/agovernor/051106wkytornadodamage.htm
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Appleton Damage Caused By Tornado ... Tornado Sirens, But No Tornadoes ... Active weather caused flooding and wind damage across our area.
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www.wkrg.com/weather/article/storm_damage_caused_by_thr...
www.wkrg.com/weather/article/storm_damage_caused_by_three_tornadoes/19885/
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Workers with the National Weather Service are surveying parts of our viewing area to determine if tornadoes touched down Thursday. If there were tornadoes, the workers want to find out how strong ... The weather service should know whether or not it was actually tornadoes that caused the damage, by late Friday afternoon...
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www.wafb.com/global/story.asp?s=7611327
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WYMT Home Page ... Members of the National Weather Service are headed to Floyd County County today to try and determine what caused widespread damage. ... The National Weather Service has already determined five tornadoes hit Kentucky Friday four of them in Clinton County and one in Wayne County.
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www.wkyt.com/wymtnews/headlines/17561454.html
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Tornadoes are powerful and frightening. They cause loss of life and millions of dollars of damage each year in the United States. ... What percentage of tornado-related deaths are caused by tornadoes classified as F0-F1? What percentage of tornado-related deaths are caused by tornadoes classified as F2-F3?
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