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EFU stands for Enhanced Fujita Unknown, meaning that the damage is too minimal to determine a rating or there's no assessable damage.

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When a tornado hits, it later is assigned a number on the Enhanced Fujita scale, ranging from EF-0 (65 mph to 85 mph) to EF-5 (winds over 200 mph), per the NWS.

When a tornado hits, it later is assigned a number on the Enhanced Fujita scale, ranging from EF-0 (65 mph to 85 mph) to EF-5 (winds over 200 mph), per the NWS.