Tornado (disambiguation) explained

A tornado 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

• Danie Brits (1965 - 2020), a South African professional wrestler who used to go by the ring name Tornado
• Ted Fujita (1920–1998), prominent severe storms researcher, referred to as Mr Tornado by associates and the media
• Tony Drago (born 1965), a snooker player nicknamed "The Tornado"
• Tony Tornado (born 1930), Brazilian actor and singer
• Tornado (wrestler) (born 1966), a South African professional wrestler
• Tornado Alicia Black (born 1998), a tennis player

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), a type of water slide
• Tornado (Särkänniemi), an inverted steel roller coaster in Tampere, Finland
• Tornado (Wisdom ride), an amusement ride manufactured by Wisdom Industries Ltd
• Tornado, a steel sit down spinning coaster at Dyrehavsbakken, Denmark
• Tornado, a steel coaster in Scotland, UK manufactured by Pinfari

Arts and entertainment

Characters

• Tornado (horse), sometimes spelled Toronado, Zorro's horse
• 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 (1943 film), an American film directed by William A. Berke
• Tornado (upcoming film), an upcoming British thriller film
• , a 1983 Italian war film
• Tornado!, a 1996 television disaster film

Games

• Tornado (1993 video game), flight simulator game
• Tornado (2008 video game), Nintendo DS game
• Tornado (table football), 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 or The Tornadoes, a 1960s English instrumental band
• The Tornadoes, 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, 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, 2011
• "Tornado", by Adema on the album Planets, 2005
• "Tornado", by Anttix, 2013
• "Tornado", by Sara Groves on the album All Right Here, 2002
• "Tornado", by Steve Aoki with Tiësto, 2011
• "The Tornado", by Owl City on the album Coco Moon, 2023

Television

• "Tornado" (Beavis and Butt-Head), an episode
• "Tornado" (Superstore), an episode
• "Tornado", a commercial for the Buick Rendezvous

Brands and enterprises

• Tornado Mart, a Japanese men's clothing retailer
• Tornados, a frozen snack food by Ruiz Foods

Computing and technology

• Tornado (robot), a competitor on the UK television series Robot Wars
• Tornado (web server), software written in Python
• HTC Tornado, smartphone
• Tornado Cash, cryptocurrency tumbler

Military

• 9A52-4 Tornado, a Russian multiple rocket launcher
  • Tornado-G, improved BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher
  • Tornado-U, improved BM-27 Uragan multiple rocket launcher
  • Tornado-S, improved BM-30 Smerch multiple rocket launcher
• BM-30 Smerch (“Tornado”), a Russian multiple rocket launcher
• Panavia Tornado, 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, Norwegian football club
• Tulsa Tornados, 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 basketball club
• Nippon Tornadoes, Japanese basketball team
• Troon Tornadoes, Scottish basketball club

Ice Hockey

• Huntsville Tornado, former professional ice hockey team
• Texas Tornado, a Junior-A hockey team in Frisco, Texas, United States
• Tornado Luxembourg, an ice hockey team in Luxembourg City

Rugby

• Ballymore Tornadoes, former Australian rugby union football club
• Eastern Tornadoes, 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
• Racine Legion/Tornadoes or Orange/Newark Tornadoes, now-defunct National Football League teams
• Tornado Kick, another name for the Jump inside kick martial arts move
• Worcester Tornadoes, a minor-league baseball club in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Transport

Aviation

• Airfer Tornado, a Spanish paramotor design
• Beardmore Tornado, a diesel airship engine fitted to the R101
• Hawker Tornado, an unsuccessful World War II single–seat British fighter aircraft
• North American B-45 Tornado, an American bomber aircraft
• Panavia Tornado, a family of modern, twin–engine military aircraft built in Italy, the UK and Germany
  • Panavia Tornado ADV or Panavia Tornado Air Defence Variant, an interceptor aircraft
• Partenavia Tornado, Italian, racing aircraft; only one built
• Titan Tornado, ultralight aircraft
• Vultee XP-68 Tornado, a proposed version of the XP-54 Swoose Goose
• Wright R-2160 Tornado, aircraft engine
• Tornado, a biplane from Sonic The Hedgehog

Maritime

• , a high performance catamaran, formerly an Olympic sailing class
• HMS Tornado, World War I, Royal Navy R-class destroyer (1916)
• , 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 locomotive built for the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915
• Tornado, one of the GWR Iron Duke Class, later Rover Class, steam locomotives
• BR Standard Class 7 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)
• Foton Tornado, a light-duty truck produced by Foton Motor
• Chevrolet Tornado, the name given to the light pickup Chevrolet Montana in countries such as Mexico
• FPV F6 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
• Jeep Tornado engine, an automobile engine built by Kaiser Jeep from 1962 to 1973

See also

• Toronado (disambiguation)
• Tournado (disambiguation)
• Tournedo