While they didn't see that infamous EF5 tornado, the accompanying thunderstorm was "remarkably intense," he said. They drove toward the town and encountered a police officer, whom Persoff asked ...

with EF5 being the most potent, the weather service said in a statement. The preliminary measurement of EF3 means the tornado ...

Correction A previous version of this story listed the record the number of 1,817 tornadoes being recorded in 2024 instead of 2004 in the second paragraph. EAU CLAIRE — The year gone by was an ...

A tornado warning was issued around the same time ... "a high confidence forecast of multiple intense tornadoes (rated EF2-EF5)." The designation only happens in around 7% of tornado watches ...

NOAA data shows 9,759 tornadoes were reported statewide between January 1950 and January 2024, the most recent data available ...

While there are caveats to rating tornadoes by their damage, these F/EF5 tornadoes are rare, particularly in December. Of the 59 such tornadoes since 1950 to achieve that rating, only the 1957 ...

Violent tornadoes — those rated F4/EF4 and F5/EF5 — are much rarer. Only 89 such tornadoes were reported during the same time period, accounting for 0.9% of all tornadoes. In fact, only six ...