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Sunday, October 7, 2018

Tetsuya Theodore Fujita - Tornado

Tetsuya Theodore Fujita a.k.a “Mr. Tornado” was born on October 23, 1920 in Kitakyūshū City, Japan. He was Japanese-born American meteorologist who created the Fujita Scale, or F-Scale, a system we use for classifying tornado intensity based on damage to structures and vegetation.
He also discovered macrobursts and microbursts, which are associated with severe thunderstorms also hazardous conditions.
The original F-Scale was used to estimate tornado intensity based on the severity of damage to buildings but was later revised as the Enhanced Fujita Scale to include wind (EF-Scale).

 Tornados were classified into one of 6 categories:
EF0- Gale - (65-85 mph) - light damage, winds, branches broken off
EF1- Moderate - (86-110 mph) - hurricane wind speed, cars pushed, window glass break
EF2- Significant - (111-135 mph) - roofs torn off, mobile homes demolished, cars thrown & moved
EF3- Severe - (136-165 mph) - significant damage done to large buildings, homes destroyed
EF4- Devastating - (166-200 mph) - well constructed homes are leveled, building totaled
EF5- Incredible - (200> mph) - homes swept away, concrete structures critically damaged





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