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For decades, the global standard for classification changed to better accurately align real-world structural vulnerabilities with estimated wind fields. The Legacy Fujita Scale (F-Scale)

Developed by Dr. T. Theodore Fujita at the University of Chicago, the original Fujita Scale (F-scale) was a pioneering effort to standardize tornado intensity classification. tornado ratings

For decades, meteorologists had a problem: you cannot stick a wind meter in front of a tornado. The instruments would be destroyed long before the storm reached its peak intensity. For decades, the global standard for classification changed

Surveyors match the observed DI and DOD with engineering wind tables to lock in the highest rating found along the damage path. tornado ratings