Synonyms of tornadoes

tornadoes

noun

variants or tornados

plural of tornado

as in hurricanes

a violent and destructive storm in which powerful winds move around a central point

A siren alerted the town that they were in the path of a tornado.

a tornado warning

Related Words

• hurricanes
• gales
• windstorms
• tempests
• blows
• blasts
• gusts
• squalls
• scuds
• zephyrs
• flurries
• breezes
• bluster
• currents
• windblasts
• airs
• puffs
• drafts
• williwaws
• northers
• breaths
• whiffs
• wafts
• westerlies
• northeasters
• northerlies
• southeasters
• northwesters
• southwesters

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tornadoes

That’s especially true during fast-changing storm systems like those that produced tornadoes in northeast Kansas last week. —Matthew Kelly april 22, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026

All three tornadoes were created by a mix of the warm air rising from the ground and very cold air in the atmosphere sinking at the same time. —Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026

The showers come after intense storms swept through the state last week, bringing record-breaking rainfall, large hail and more than a dozen tornadoes. —Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026

Communities in the Midwest are cleaning up after tornadoes and severe storms tracked through parts of Iowa, Illinois and Missouri on Friday. —Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 20 Apr. 2026

Wisconsin averages 24 tornadoes a year and has already had 23 of them. —Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026

The storms could to persist in the region through the weekend, threatening additional rainfall, hail and possible tornadoes across Louisiana and Alabama. —Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024

Damaging winds and a few tornadoes will be possible. —Max Golembo, ABC News, 27 Dec. 2024

Heavy damage from natural phenomena — tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding, and wildfires — has been on the rise for decades. —Erik Sherman, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024