You can see how a portion of the 2013 storm (green) overlaps the 1999 storm (red), which was an F5 tornado that did around 1.1 billion dollars in damage. 36 people died in that storm and 8,000 ...

Despite the destruction and death toll, this ended up being one of the most historically significant tornadoes for the science of meteorology.

MOORE, Okla. The tornado that ripped through Moore, Oklahoma near Oklahoma City was as much as a mile wide with winds up to 200 mph. Massive tornado hits Oklahoma 53 photos. The National Weather ...

The simulation, which was presented at the 27th annual Severe Local Storms Conference in Madison, Wisconsin, produced countless physical features that storm chasers have often reported seeing, and ...

She says the strongest winds officially recorded in a tornado were 302 mph, during an F5 tornado that struck Bridge Creek and Moore, Oklahoma on May 3, 1999. Sign up for our Newsletters However ...

DEERFIELD, Tenn. – An historic tornado outbreak of at least 13 tornadoes struck Middle Tennessee on April 16, 1998. Many of these tornadoes were strong or violent and tracked long distances, … ...

While the F- (and EF-) scale used for tornadoes top out at F5, the scale technically went all the way up to F12. That’s Mach 1 speed (738 miles per hour).