After a tornado strikes, a team of meteorologists is called to the scene to carefully analyze clues in what’s known as a damage survey. They then rate the tornado on a six-point system referred to as the Enhanced Fujita Scale.
Its origins can be traced back to World War II, a mountaintop in Japan and the open plains of the Midwestern United States. A man who was incredibly driven and would one day become known as “Mr. Tornado” had a unique way of perceiving the weather around us and through nonstandard practices produced groundbreaking research that helped transform severe weather forecasting forever.
