Glenn Powell’s Twisters is currently making waves around the world and has been making huge box office numbers so far. The Lee Isaac Chung-directed film has received mostly positive reviews from audiences, resulting in a huge success. As a result, fans are curious about the tornadoes featured in Twisters, including the EF5 terminology associated with their classification. But what are EF5 tornadoes, and are they different from their F5 counterparts?

Below you will find all available details about the nomenclature of chaotic natural phenomena.

Simply put, the EF5 tornadoes in Twisters differ from the F5 tornadoes based on the scale at which they are categorized.

The Fujita scale, introduced by meteorologist Dr. Tetsuya Theodore Fujita in the 1970s, was the first basis upon which experts identified the nature of tornadoes. This scale contained six categories, with F0 indicating the weakest, while F6 was used to label the strongest tornado. By analyzing damage to man-made structures and vegetation, the gauge was intended to determine the wind speeds of the tornadoes in question.