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Tetsuya Fujita
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Broken highway sign showing the type of “light damag” associated with the weakest tornadoes (ranking F0 on the Fujita Scale of tornado intensity). F1 tornado damage Public building shorn of its roof, the type of “considerable damage” associated with strong tornadoes (ranking F2 on the Fujita Scale of tornado intensity). F3 tornado damage Leveled home and overturned automobile, the type of “devastating damage” associated with violent tornadoes (ranking F4 on the Fujita Scale of tornado intensity). F5 tornado damage
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Also Known As Fujita Tetsuya • Ted Fujita • T. Theodore Fujita • Tetsuya Theodore Fujita
Born October 23, 1920 • Kitakyūshū • Japan
Died November 19, 1998 (aged 78) • Chicago • Illinois
Subjects Of Study microburst • tornado

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Broken highway sign showing the type of “light damag” associated with the weakest tornadoes (ranking F0 on the Fujita Scale of tornado intensity).
F1 tornado damage
Public building shorn of its roof, the type of “considerable damage” associated with strong tornadoes (ranking F2 on the Fujita Scale of tornado intensity).
F3 tornado damage
Leveled home and overturned automobile, the type of “devastating damage” associated with violent tornadoes (ranking F4 on the Fujita Scale of tornado intensity).
F5 tornado damage
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