tornado A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, altho ...

is a violent rotating column of air that touches the surface of the earth. Tornado may also refer to:

Places

* Tornado, West Virginia, a census-designated place, United States

People

* Tornado Alicia Black, a tennis player *

Danie Brits Danie Brits was a South African professional wrestler and former South African Heavyweight Champion, known for his work in many of South Africa's major promotions in the past and for his 1980s stint as ''The Masked Tornado''. Career Early car ...

, a South African professional wrestler who used to go by the ring name ''Tornado'' *

Steve Debbes Steve Debbes (born April 3, 1966), better known by his ring name Tornado, is a South African professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Professionals. He is a 2-time WWP Heavyweight World Champion and the longest-reigning title holder ...

, a South African professional wrestler who goes by the ring name ''Tornado'' *

Tony Drago Tony Drago (born 22 September 1965) is a Maltese former professional snooker and pool player. Known for his speed around the table, during his snooker career he won two professional titles: the 1993 Strachan Challenge Event 3 and the 1996 G ...

, a snooker player nicknamed "The Tornado" *

Ted Fujita was a Japanese-American meteorologist whose research primarily focused on severe weather. His research at the University of Chicago on severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, and typhoons revolutionized the knowledge of each. Although he is ...

(1920–1998), prominent severe storms researcher, referred to as ''Mr Tornado'' by associates and the media

Amusement rides

* Tornado (Adventureland), a wooden roller coaster in Altoona, Iowa, US * Tornado (Coney Island), a 1920s hybrid rollercoaster in New York, US * Tornado (Parque de Atracciones de Madrid), a steel coaster in Madrid, Spain *

Tornado (ProSlide ride) The Tornado is a water slide manufactured by ProSlide Technology. It requires riders to sit in a 2-6 seater round tube. Riders drop from inside a tunnel out into the ride's main element shaped like a funnel on its side. Riders oscillate from one s ...

, a type of water slide * Tornado (Särkänniemi), an inverted steel roller coaster in Tampere, Finland *

Tornado (Wisdom ride) The Tornado is an amusement ride manufactured by Wisdom Industries Ltd. Most Tornadoes travel with a traveling midway company to many fairs with many other rides. Ride experience The center base spins at 14 RPM while each car can be spun by t ...

, an amusement ride manufactured by Wisdom Industries Ltd * Tornado, a steel sit down spinning coaster at

Dyrehavsbakken (), commonly referred to as (), is an amusement park in Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune, Denmark, near Klampenborg (Gentofte municipality), about north of central Copenhagen. It opened in and is the world's oldest operating amusement park. With 2. ...

, Denmark * Tornado, a steel coaster in Scotland, UK manufactured by

Pinfari F.lli Pinfari S.r.l was an Italian amusement ride manufacturing company based in Suzzara, Italy. Pinfari was liquidated on 15 July 2004, due to the early 2000s recession and the weakness of the United States dollar. In 2007, its brand and intellec ...

Arts and entertainment

Characters

Tornado (horse) Tornado (occasionally Toronado) is a horse ridden by the character Zorro in several films and books. Tornado is said to be intelligent and fast. His name is pronounced in the Spanish way, "tor-NAH-do" (except in the 1998 movie ''The Mask of Zorr ...

, sometimes spelled Toronado, Zorro's horse * Tornado, a character from ''

NX Files ''NX Files (NX Files: Discover the Secret)'' is an action martial arts multi-season video series broadcast online. Created by Robert Baldwin, John Purchase, Alain Moussi and Stephan Roy; the webisodes are filmed and produced in Orleans, Ontario ...

'' * Terrible Tornado, a character from the web comic / manga series ''One Punch-Man''

Film

* ''The Tornado'' (1917 film), an American short film by John Ford * ''The Tornado'', (1924 film), an American silent drama film directed by King Baggot * ''Tornado'' (film), a 1943 American film directed by William A. Berke * '' Tornado: The Last Blood'', a 1983 Italian war film * ''

Tornado! ''Tornado!'' is a 1996 American made-for-television disaster film that is directed by Noel Nosseck and starring Bruce Campbell and Shannon Sturges and was aired on the Fox television network on May 7, 1996. Plot Jake Thorne ( Bruce Campbell) is ...

'', a 1996 television disaster film

Games

* ''Tornado'' (1993 video game), flight simulator game * ''Tornado'' (2008 video game), Nintendo DS game *

Tornado (table football) Tornado is brand of table football (foosball) table that has been used in the World Championships since 1986. The original Tornado model was created by engineer Bob Furr. The Tornado brand has been manufactured by Valley-Dynamo since 1999, and is ...

, a table football table

Literature

* ''Tornado'' (comics), a 1979 weekly British comic * ''Tornado'' (novel), a 1996 children's book by Betsy Byars

Music

Groups and labels

The Tornados The Tornados (The Tornadoes in North America) were an English instrumental rock group of the 1960s that acted as backing group for many of record producer Joe Meek's productions and also for singer Billy Fury. They enjoyed several chart hits ...

or The Tornadoes, a 1960s English instrumental band *

The Tornadoes The Tornadoes were an American surf band from Redlands, California. They were the second band to receive national airplay with a surf instrumental, after The Marketts, with their song "Bustin' Surfboards", released on Aertaun Records in 1962. " ...

, an American surf band 1960–2007

Albums

* ''Tornado'' (Little Big Town album) or the title song (see below), 2012 * ''Tornado'' (The Rainmakers album), 1988 * ''Tornado'', by

Mandoza Mduduzi Edmund Tshabalala (17 January 1978 – 18 September 2016), also known as Mandoza, was a South African kwaito recording artist. He was known for his contributions to the Kwaito genre and his numerous hit singles, including "Nkalakatha", ...

, or the title song, 2002

Songs

* "Tornado" (song), by Little Big Town, 2012 * "T.O.R.N.A.D.O.", by the Go! Team from ''

Rolling Blackouts A rolling blackout, also referred to as rota or rotational load shedding, rota disconnection, feeder rotation, or a rotating outage, is an intentionally engineered electrical power shutdown in which electricity delivery is stopped for non-overla ...

'', 2011 * "Tornado", by Adema on the album ''

Planets A planet is a large, rounded astronomical body that is neither a star nor its remnant. The best available theory of planet formation is the nebular hypothesis, which posits that an interstellar cloud collapses out of a nebula to create a young ...

'', 2005 * "Tornado", by Anttix, 2013 * "Tornado", by Sara Groves on the album '' All Right Here'', 2002 * "Tornado", by

Steve Aoki Steven Hiroyuki Aoki (, ; born November 30, 1977), best known as Steve Aoki, is an American DJ, record producer, music programmer, and record executive.

with Tiësto, 2011

Television

* "Tornado" (''Beavis and Butt-Head''), an episode * "Tornado" (''Superstore''), an episode * "Tornado", a commercial for the

Buick Rendezvous The Buick Rendezvous is a mid-size crossover SUV that was sold by Buick for the 2002–2007 model years. Introduced in the spring of 2001, the Buick Rendezvous and its corporate cousin, the Pontiac Aztek, were GM's first entries into the crossov ...

Brands and enterprises

* Tornado Mart, a Japanese men's clothing retailer * Tornados, a frozen snack food by

Ruiz Foods Ruiz Foods is an American food production and service company based in Dinuba, California, founded in 1964 by Louis Ruiz and his son, Fred. As of April 2010, it was the top seller of frozen Mexican dishes in the US and Canada. Under the brand nam ...

Computing and technology

* Tornado (robot), a competitor on the UK television series ''Robot Wars'' *

Tornado (web server) Tornado is a scalable, non-blocking web server and web application framework written in Python. It was developed for use by FriendFeed; the company was acquired by Facebook in 2009 and Tornado was open-sourced soon after. Performance Tornado ...

, software written in Python *

HTC Tornado The HTC Tornado is a smartphone model designed by High Tech Computer Corporation and powered by the Windows Mobile 5 operating system. It has QVGA display resolution. The Tornado is rebranded as at least 9 different models: the Dopod 586W, Qtek 8 ...

, smartphone

Military

9A52-4 Tornado The Tornado is a family of related multiple rocket launchers developed by NPO Splav for the Russian Ground Forces. Variants of the system, which include the Tornado-G and Tornado-S models, have different capabilities and different battlefield role ...

, a Russian multiple rocket launcher ** Tornado-G, improved

BM-21 Grad The BM-21 "Grad" (russian: БМ-21 "Град", lit= hail) is a self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union. The system and the M-21OF rocket were first developed in the early 1960s, and saw their first comba ...

multiple rocket launcher ** Tornado-U, improved

BM-27 Uragan The BM-27 Uragan (russian: БМ-27 Ураган, lit=Hurricane; GRAU index 9P140) is a self-propelled 220 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union. The system began its service with the Soviet Army in the late 1970s, and wa ...

multiple rocket launcher ** Tornado-S, improved

BM-30 Smerch The BM-30 ''Smerch'' ( rus, Смерч, "tornado", "whirlwind"), 9K58 Smerch or 9A52-2 Smerch-M is a heavy self-propelled 300 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union. The system is intended to defeat personnel, armore ...

multiple rocket launcher *

(“Tornado”), a Russian multiple rocket launcher *

Panavia Tornado The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine, variable-sweep wing multirole combat aircraft, jointly developed and manufactured by Italy, the United Kingdom and West Germany. There are three primary Tornado variants: the Tornado IDS (inter ...

, a Western strike fighter * Tornado battalion, a former Ukrainian special volunteer unit, disbanded with dishonour in 2015

Sports

Association football

* Niger Tornadoes F.C., soccer club based in Minna, Nigeria * Tornados de Humacao, Puerto Rican football club *

Tornado Måløy FK Tornado Måløy Fotballklubb is a Norwegian association football club from Vågsøy, Sogn og Fjordane. It plays in both Måløy and Refvik, and the men's team is situated in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football. History ...

, Norwegian football club *

Tulsa Tornados The Tulsa Tornados were a professional soccer team from Tulsa, Oklahoma. They played for one season (1985) in the USL. The 1985 season only lasted six games as the league folded halfway through. Established by David Fraser during the spring of 19 ...

, former professional soccer team from Tulsa, Oklahoma * Twin Cities Tornado, initial name of the defunct Twin Cities Phoenix team * Wichita Tornado, a soccer club in Wichita, Kansas, United States * Xgħajra Tornadoes F.C., football club from Xgħajra, Malta

Basketball

* ''Tornado'', the supporters of

KK Zadar Košarkaški klub Zadar ( en, Zadar Basketball Club), commonly referred to as KK Zadar or simply Zadar, is a men's professional basketball club based in Zadar, Croatia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the Adriatic Basketball Asso ...

basketball club * Nippon Tornadoes, Japanese basketball team * Troon Tornadoes, Scottish basketball club

Ice Hockey

* Huntsville Tornado, former professional ice hockey team *

Texas Tornado The Texas Tornado were a Junior A hockey team located in Frisco, Texas, USA. The team joined the North American Hockey League's Central division in 1999 (and moved into the newly formed southern division three years later) while located in North ...

, a Junior-A hockey team in Frisco, Texas, United States * Tornado Luxembourg, an ice hockey team in Luxembourg City

Rugby

Ballymore Tornadoes Brisbane City is an Australian rugby union football team based in Brisbane that competes in the National Rugby Championship (NRC). The team is one of two Queensland sides in the competition, the other being . Brisbane City is organised and mana ...

, former Australian rugby union football club *

Eastern Tornadoes The Eastern Tornadoes were a New Zealand rugby league franchise that competed in the New Zealand Rugby League's Bartercard Cup and Auckland Rugby League's Super 12 competitions. They were formed to represent the rugby league clubs of East Auckla ...

, were a New Zealand rugby league franchise * Thornton Heath Tornadoes, junior Rugby League club based in Croydon, London

Other uses in sports

* Tornado (bull), a ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Bull Riding Hall of Fame bucking bull * Chicago Tornadoes, a professional cricket franchise * Golden Tornadoes, various sports teams of

Geneva College Geneva College is a private Christian college in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1848, in Northwood, Ohio, the college moved to its present location in 1880, where it continues to educate a student body of about 1400 traditional undergra ...

Racine Legion/Tornadoes The Racine Legion was a professional American football team based in Racine, Wisconsin, of the National Football League from 1922 to 1924. Its official name was the Horlick-Racine Legion. The team then operated as the Racine Tornadoes in 1926. ...

or Orange/Newark Tornadoes, now-defunct National Football League teams * Tornado Kick, another name for the

Jump inside kick In martial arts and tricking, the 540 kick (Chinese:旋風腳 (''Xuanfengjiao'')) (also known as inside turning kick, jump inside kick, and "hyper" tornado kick) is a jump kick move. It involves a rotation of approximately 540 degrees (althoug ...

martial arts move *

Worcester Tornadoes The Worcester Tornadoes were a professional baseball team based in Worcester, Massachusetts, in the United States. The Tornadoes were a member of the Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball, an independent baseball league which wa ...

, a minor-league baseball club in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Transport

Aviation

Airfer Tornado The Airfer Tornado is a Spanish paramotor that was designed and produced by Airfer of Pontevedra for powered paragliding. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied complete and ready-to-fly.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Cou ...

, a Spanish paramotor design *

Beardmore Tornado The Beardmore Tornado was an eight-cylinder inline diesel aircraft engine built in 1927 by William Beardmore and Company of Glasgow, Scotland, and used in the British R101 airship when petrol engines were thought unsafe in the tropics. The mo ...

, a diesel airship engine fitted to the R101 *

Hawker Tornado The Hawker Tornado was a British single-seat fighter aircraft design of the Second World War for the Royal Air Force as a replacement for the Hawker Hurricane. The planned production of Tornados was cancelled after the engine it was designed to ...

, an unsuccessful World War II single–seat British fighter aircraft *

North American B-45 Tornado The North American B-45 Tornado was an early American jet bomber designed and manufactured by aircraft company North American Aviation. It has the distinction of being the first operational jet bomber to enter service with the United States Ai ...

, an American bomber aircraft *

, a family of modern, twin–engine military aircraft built in Italy, the UK and Germany **

Panavia Tornado ADV The Panavia Tornado Air Defence Variant (ADV) was a long-range, twin-engine interceptor version of the swing-wing Panavia Tornado. The aircraft's first flight was on 27 October 1979, and it entered service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1986 ...

or Panavia Tornado Air Defence Variant, an interceptor aircraft * Partenavia Tornado, Italian, racing aircraft; only one built *

Titan Tornado The Titan Tornado is large family of cantilever high-wing, pusher configuration, tricycle gear-equipped kit aircraft manufactured by Titan Aircraft of Austinburg, Ohio, for amateur construction.Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Gu ...

, ultralight aircraft *

Vultee XP-68 Tornado The Vultee XP-68 Tornado was a proposed American high-altitude interceptor aircraft. It was based on the experimental XP-54 Swoose Goose and powered by the Wright R-2160 Tornado 42-cylinder radial engine driving a set of contra-rotating propelle ...

, a proposed version of the XP-54 Swoose Goose *

Wright R-2160 Tornado The Wright R-2160 Tornado was an experimental 42-cylinder, 7-cylinder per row, 6-row liquid-cooled inline radial aircraft engine. It was proposed in 1940 with 2,350 hp (1,752 kW) for experimental aircraft such as the Lockheed XP-58 Cha ...

, aircraft engine

Maritime

* , a high performance catamaran, formerly an Olympic sailing class * HMS ''Tornado'', World War I, Royal Navy

R-class destroyer (1916) The first R class were a class of 62 destroyers built between 1916 and 1917 for the Royal Navy. They were an improvement, specifically in the area of fuel economy, of the earlier destroyers. The most important difference was that the Admiral ...

* , United States Coast Guard, ''Cyclone''-class patrol ship. Formerly the US Navy, USS ''Tornado'' (PC-14) * * ''Tornado'' (P-44), a ''Meteoro''-class patrol ship

Rail

* ''Tornado'', a

GWR 3031 Class The Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the British Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work. The first 30 members of the class were built ...

locomotive built for the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915 * ''Tornado'', one of the

GWR Iron Duke Class The Great Western Railway Iron Duke Class 4-2-2 was a class of broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work. History The prototype locomotive, ''Great Western'', was built as a 2-2-2 locomotive in April 1846, but was soon con ...

, later Rover Class, steam locomotives *

BR Standard Class 7 The BR Standard Class 7, otherwise known as the ''Britannia'' Class, is a class of 4-6-2 ''Pacific'' steam locomotive designed under Robert Riddles for use by British Railways for mixed-traffic duties. 55 were constructed between 1951 and ...

70022 ''Tornado'', built at Crewe 1951, withdrawn 1967 * LNER Peppercorn Class A1 60163 ''Tornado'', a new–build main line steam locomotive, built in the UK, that entered service in 2008 * South Devon Railway ''Tornado'' class a class of broad-gauge, tank locomotive. In service 1854-1885

Road

* Tornado (car company), a British automobile manufacturer active in the late 1950s and early 1960s * ''Tornado'', one of several models of Benelli motorcycles (see

List of Benelli motorcycles This is a list of motorcycles produced by Benelli (motorcycles), Benelli. Motorcycle Models (incomplete) Pre-World War II (1919–1940) Post-World War II Post De-Tomaso Era Bikes Minicycle Models (incomplete) Moped Models (incomplete) ...

) * Chevrolet Tornado, the name given to the light pickup Chevrolet Montana in countries such as Mexico *

FPV F6 The FPV F6 is an automobile that was produced in Australia by Ford Performance Vehicles from 2004 until 2014. It is a high-performance derivative of the Australian Ford Falcon. The F6 is based on the modern-classic Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo sport ...

Tornado, an automobile built in Australia by Ford Performance Vehicles from 2005 to 2008 * Tornado Fuel Saver, an after-market device that is claimed to improve fuel economy