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Tornado Safety

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A Tornado Watch means that tornadoes are possible in and near the the area that is affected by the tornado watch. You must be prepared to act quickly in the event a tornado warning is issued for your area or you have reason to believe that a tornado is approaching your area.

Famous Tornadoes

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Over the years there have been famous tornadoes and tornado outbreaks including the infamous Tri State Tornado and the Tornado Super Outbreak of 1974. The Tri-State Tornado that occurred on Wednesday, March 18, 1925, is remembered as the deadliest tornado in United States history. There were 695 confirmed deaths and the tornado killed more than twice as many ...

Types of Tornadoes

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Tornadoes appear in a wide variety of different shapes and sizes. Some shapes that have been seen and documented are wedge shaped tornadoes, rope tornadoes, cylindrical shape tornadoes and conical shaped tornadoes. There are also other weather phenomena that have tornado like structure but are not true tornadoes.

Fujita Scale

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Tornado intensity is measured by a set of measurements known as the Fujita scale. It is based on the amount of damage that is done by a tornado on man made structures and damage to vegetation. The official Fujita scale category that is assigned to a tornado is determined after a ground and/or aerial damage survey and various other data such as ground-swirl patterns radar tracking, eyewitness testimonies and others. The original Fujita Scale has been replaced by the Enhanced Fujita Scale.

Tornado Facts

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The deadliest tornado on record was the Tri-State Tornado that occurred on March 18, 1925. The tornado traveled across three states and killed at least 695 people in the states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. The Tri-State Tornado was also the longest tracked tornado on record, having a path of more than 219 miles and was part of the most deadly tornado outbreak, having a total death toll of 747 people.

Tornado Pictures

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Welcome to the online tornado picture gallery at F5 Tornado Videos.com. We have several tornado pictures that you can view that are from around the country taken over the past several years. Underneath each tornado image there is a description of the tornado photo including information as to where the tornadao image was taken and the date of the tornado photograph. To view a larger image, click on the tornado picture and a new window will open