Category
| Wind Speed
| Typical Damage
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F0 | 40 - 72 mph
| Broken tree branches, antennas blown down
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F1 | 73 - 112 mph
| Mobile homes moved overturned or moved off foundation
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F2 | 113 - 157 mph
| Significant building damage, trees uprooted and knocked down, mobile homes and other light structures destroyed
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F3 | 158 - 208 mph | Cars and trucks thrown about, building walls and roofs torn off
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F4 | 207 - 260 mph
| Little chance of anything in tornado path escaping destruction
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F5 | Over 260 mph
| Entire homes lifted from foundation, cars thrown hundreds of feet
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