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, a South African professional wrestler who goes by the ring name ''Tornado'' * Tony Drago, a snooker player nicknamed "The Tornado" * Ted Fujita (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), 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 * Tornado, a character from ''NX Files'' * Terrible Tornado, a List of One-Punch Man characters#Terrible Tornado, character from the web comic / manga series ''One Punch-Man''

Film

* The Tornado (1917 film), ''The Tornado'' (1917 film), an American short film by John Ford * The Tornado (1924 film), ''The Tornado'', (1924 film), an American silent drama film directed by King Baggot * Tornado (film), ''Tornado'' (film), a 1943 American film directed by William A. Berke * ''Tornado: The Last Blood'', a 1983 Italian war film * ''Tornado!'', a 1996 television disaster film

Games

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

Literature

* Tornado (comics), ''Tornado'' (comics), a 1979 weekly British comic * Tornado (novel), ''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), ''Tornado'' (Little Big Town album) or the title song (see below), 2012 * Tornado (The Rainmakers album), ''Tornado'' (The Rainmakers album), 1988 * ''Tornado'', by Mandoza, or the title song, 2002

Songs

* Tornado (song), "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 (Adema album), Planets'', 2005 * "Tornado", by Anttix, 2013 * "Tornado", by Sara Groves on the album ''All Right Here'', 2002 * "Tornado", by Steve Aoki discography#As lead artist, Steve Aoki with Tiësto, 2011

Television

* Tornado (Beavis and Butt-Head), "Tornado" (''Beavis and Butt-Head''), an episode * Tornado (Superstore), "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

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 Special_Tasks_Patrol_Police#Former_special_police_units, 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

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) * * Spanish patrol vessel Tornado (P-44), ''Tornado'' (P-44), a Buque de Acción Marítima, ''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, 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, 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) * 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