From the website of the National Weather Service Dodge City, Kansas…
Greensburg Tornado Officially Rated
The National Weather Service announced during a press briefing earlier today that the tornado which struck Greensburg, Kansas, Friday evening (5/4/07) has been officially rated as an EF-5. The derived EF scale rating of 5 means that a 3 Second Wind Gust (mph) was estimated to range from 200-234.
More information will be posted once it becomes available.
It is the first F5 in the U.S. since May 3, 1999.
– Bill Murray
