Tornado (disambiguation)
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A tornado is a violent rotating column of air that touches the surface of the earth.
Tornado may also refer to:
Locations
People
- Tornado Alicia Black, a tennis player
- Danie Brits, 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
- Torando, a steel coaster in Scotland, UK manufactured by Pinfari
Arts, entertainment, and media
Fictional entities
- Tornado (horse), sometimes spelled Toronado, Zorro's horse
- Tornado, a character from NX Files
- Terrible Tornado, a character from the web comic / manga series One Punch-Man
- The Tornado, a biplane from the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series
Films
- Tornado (film), a 1943 film directed by William A. Berke
- Tornado (1983 film) or Last Blood, an Italian war film
- Tornado! (1996), a television movie starring Bruce Campbell and Shannon Sturges
- Metal Tornado, a 2011 television film directed by Gordon Yang
- The Tornado, a 1917 film directed by John Ford
Games
- Tornado (1993 video game), flight simulator game
- Tornado (2008 video game), Nintendo DS game
- Tornado Jockey (2006 video game), PC game
Music
Groups and labels
- The Tornados or The Tornadoes, an English instrumental band
- The Tornadoes, an American surf band
Albums
- Tornado (album), a 2012 album by American country music group Little Big Town
Songs
- "Tornado" (Anttix song), 2013 single by British singer Anttix
- "Tornado" (song), the title track on Little Big Town's 2012 album
- "T.O.R.N.A.D.O.", a 2010 song by The Go! Team
- "Tornado", a song by Adema on the album Planets
- "Tornado", a song by Mandoza
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
- Tornado (comics), a short-lived weekly British comic
- Tornado (novel), 1996 children's book by Betsy Byars
- Tornado (table football), a table football table
- Tornado, a commercial for the Buick Rendezvous
- "Tornado", a season 3 Beavis and Butt-head episode
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
Rocket launchers
- 9A52-4 Tornado, a Russian multiple rocket launcher
- BM-30 Smerch (“Tornado”), a Russian multiple rocket launcher
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
- Midwest Tornados, professional inline hockey team based in Ballwin, Missouri
- 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
- 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 (sailboat), 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
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)
- 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
See also
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