Some big news came out in the meteorological community on Monday regarding a powerful tornado that occurred in eastern North Dakota on June 20, 2025. The National Weather Service in Grand Forks ...

On the morning of May 11, 1970, skies darkened over Lubbock and winds began to rise, setting the stage for the kind of storm many in Tornado Alley pray never comes their way. By late that Monday ...

The Enhanced Fujita Scale, love it or hate it, is our current system for rating the hundreds of tornadoes that occur each year across the United States. To much chagrin, it rates tornadoes solely ...

Tetsuya Theodore Fujita approached meteorology from the eyes of an engineer. After obtaining a degree in mechanical engineering in Japan, Fujita eventually travelled to Illinois and joined the staff ...

It has been 9 years since the last EF-5 tornado was recorded in the United States. The EF scale, which stands for the Enhanced Fujita Scale, replaced the original Fujita Scale that was introduced by ...

“It very much resembled a movie set of a bombed city during World War II.” - Robert Taylor, CEO of United Supermarkets; Texas Tech student The time was 9:46 p.m. Night had fallen, and the flat plains ...

The Lubbock County Historical Commission is set to dedicate two Texas Historical Markers to commemorate the deadly 1970 Lubbock tornado and Dr. Tetsuya Theodore Fujita. The public is invited to attend ...

Decades into his career, well after every tornado around the world was classified according to a scale bearing his name, the scientist known as “Mr. Tornado” had never actually seen a tornado. Every ...