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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:
Places
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
Tornado, a steel coaster in Scotland, UK manufactured by
Pinfari
Arts and entertainment
Characters
Film
Games
Literature
Music
Groups and labels
Albums
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
Brands and enterprises
Computing and technology
Military
Sports
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
Ice Hockey
Rugby
Other uses in sports
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
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
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
See also
Topics referred to by the same term