Tornado (disambiguation)

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

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
 * 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

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

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

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

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

 * Tornado, a high performance catamaran, formerly an Olympic sailing class
 * HMS Tornado, World War I, Royal Navy R-class destroyer (1916)
 * USCGC Tornado, United States Coast Guard, Cyclone-class patrol ship. Formerly the US Navy, USS Tornado (PC-14)
 * SPANISH CORVETTE Tornado
 * 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