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

The Storm Prediction Center has placed portions of Missouri and surrounding states under a Slight Risk for severe thunderstorms, warning that storms may produce damaging wind gusts, large hail and a few tornadoes. — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 31 July 2026

Heat is the deadliest type of extreme weather in the US, with a higher annual average death toll than tornadoes, hurricanes and lightning combined, National Weather Service statistics show. — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 30 July 2026

That is up from the five tornadoes confirmed as of Wednesday. — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 30 July 2026

Updrafts and fire tornadoes Wildfires release a large amount of heat. — Yunyao Li, The Conversation, 30 July 2026

From tornadoes in the Panhandle to floods in the Hill Country and of hurricanes along the Gulf Coast, Texas can see it all. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 July 2026

Damaging gusts and a couple of tornadoes are expected, especially near and east of the Appalachians, prompting the Storm Prediction Center to draw a broad zone of enhanced (Level 3 out of 5) risk for severe weather. — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 21 July 2026

The area also has a 15-29% chance of getting hail up to 1-2 inches and a 5-9% chance of isolated or brief tornadoes. — Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 July 2026