A tornado is a violent rotating column of air that touches the surface of the Earth.
Tornado may also refer to:
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 (2025 film), a British thriller film Tornado: The Last Blood, 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" (Little Big Town song), 2012 "Tornado" (Ayra Starr song), 2026 "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 Firebeatz, 2015 "Tornado", by Jay Chou on the album Jay, 2000 "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 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 jet Tornado Company (Ukraine), 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 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
Places Tornado, West Virginia, a census-designated place, United States
See also Toronado (disambiguation) Tournado (disambiguation) Tournedo