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NOAA National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center: Enhanced F Scale for Tornado Damage

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NOAA National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center
Author(s)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
National Weather Service
Organization(s)
NOAA,
NWS
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The Enhanced F-scale is a set of wind estimates (not measurements) based on damage which uses three-second gusts estimated at the point of damage based on a judgment of 8 levels of damage to the 28 indicators listed.