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T o rnadoes

T o rnadoes. The Fujita Scale. What is the Fujita Scale?. The Fujita Scale rate the intensity of a tornado. It rates a tornado as being F0 to F6. F0 causes the least damage. F6 is rare, but causes the most damage. F0 and F1.

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T o rnadoes

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  1. Tornadoes The Fujita Scale

  2. What is the Fujita Scale? The Fujita Scale rate the intensity of a tornado. It rates a tornado as being F0 to F6. F0 causes the least damage. F6 is rare, but causes the most damage.

  3. F0 and F1 F0: “Gale Tornado”. Has wind speeds of 40-72 MPH. Causes some damage to chimneys and breaks branches off of trees. F1: “Moderate Tornado”. Has wind speeds of 73-112 MPH. Peels off the surface of roofs, mobile homes are pushed off their foundations, and moving cars are pushed off the road

  4. Above: F0 torndado Right: F1 tornado

  5. F2 and F3 F2: “Significant Tornado”. Has wind speeds of 113-157 MPH. Roofs are torn off and mobile homes are torn down. F3: “Severe Tornado”. Has wind speeds of 158-206 MPH. Roof and some walls torn off houses and most trees uprooted.

  6. Above: F2 tornado Right: F3 tornado

  7. F4 and F5 F4: “Devastating Tornado”. Has wind speeds of 207-260 MPH. Houses are destroyed and cars are thrown. F5: “Incredible Tornado”. Has wind speeds of 261-318 MPH. Houses lifted off their foundations and thrown, car sized objects are thrown, and trees are debarked.

  8. Above: F4 tornado Right: F5 tornado

  9. F6 F6: “Inconceivable Tornado”. Has wind speeds of 319-379 MPH. Very rare! The area where an F6 tornado would hit would be unrecognizable.

  10. F6 tornado

  11. Bibliography home.grandecom.net/~claire/Claude.html http://images.usatoday.com/weather/_photos/2006/09/12/nssl0068.jpg http://www.astro.umd.edu/~white/images/tornado/laplata.jpg http://www.crh.noaa.gov/Image/lot/newsletter/spring2006/Stoughton_sm.jpg http://www.silverboon.com/images/Intensive.jpg http://www.tornadoproject.com/fscale/fscale.htm http://www.xoprivate.com/img/adventures/f5-tornado-chasing-safaris-l.jpg

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