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- initialism A rating of 1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale
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Examples
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All four tornadoes were classified as EF1, with wind speeds of about 90 mph.
WCAX - Local News 2010
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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EF1: Wind 86-110 mph - major roof damage, uprooted trees, overturned mobile homes, bent signs
The Seattle Times 2011
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It was rated an EF1 tornado on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.
All Stories 2011
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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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