Enhanced Fujita Scale Flashcards
>324km/h Incredible damage, strong frame houses leveled off foundations and swept away, with strongest winds - brick houses completely wiped off foundation, automobile-sized missiles fly through the air in excess of 100m, cars thrown and large missiles generated, incredible phenomena with occur
EF5
267-324km/h Devastating damage, well-contructed houses and whole frame houses completely leveled, structures with weak foundations blown away some distance, trees debarked, cars thrown and small missiles generated
EF4
105-137km/h Light damage, peels surface off roofs, some damage to chimneys, branches broken off trees, shallow-rooted trees pushed over, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, sign boards damaged
EF0
180-217km/h Considerable damage, roofs torn off well-contructed houses, foundation of frame homes shifted, large trees snapped or uprooted, light object missiles generated, cards lifted off ground
EF2
218-266km/h Severe damage, some walls torn off well-contructed houses, trains overturned, most trees in forest uprooted, heavy cars lifted off the ground and thrown, structures with weak foundation blown away some distance
EF3
138-179km/h Moderate damage, roofs torn off frame houses, windows and glass doors broken, moving autos blown off roads, mobile homes demolished, boxcars overturned
EF1