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  • initialism A rating of 1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale

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Examples

  • All four tornadoes were classified as EF1, with wind speeds of about 90 mph.

    WCAX - Local News 2010

  • On Saturday, A category "EF1" tornado ripped through his neighborhood in Edmonson County destroying his garage and part of the house that he helped his father build.

    WBKO - HomePage - Headlines 2010

  • On Saturday, A category "EF1" tornado ripped through his neighborhood in Edmonson County destroying his garage and part of the house that he helped his father build.

    WBKO - HomePage - Headlines 2010

  • On Saturday, A category "EF1" tornado ripped through his neighborhood in Edmonson County destroying his garage and part of the house that he helped his father build.

    WBKO - HomePage - Headlines 2010

  • Workers from the New York City Office of Emergency Management and a team from the NWS surveyed the damage in the Riverdale section of the Bronx earlier today and declared that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado.

    Tornado Hits New York (UPDATE) 2010

  • The tornado I saw was an EF1 which touched down briefly in Paw Paw Michigan.

    A Remarkable Photo From Tornado Country - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • But even a weak tornado like an EF1 can produce winds gusts of at least 80mph.

    A Remarkable Photo From Tornado Country - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • EF1: Wind 86-110 mph - major roof damage, uprooted trees, overturned mobile homes, bent signs

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • It was rated an EF1 tornado on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.

    All Stories 2011

  • Monday that it indeed was a twister, rated an EF1, with winds of 86-110 m.p.h. -- considered weak, but still deadly.

    Freep.com - RSS 2010

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