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

Severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, large hail and damaging straight-line winds depend on small-scale atmospheric processes that global climate models still struggle to represent accurately. — Deepti Singh, The Conversation, 24 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 National Weather Service predicts severe weather on the East Coast with the potential for flooding and tornadoes. — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

That outbreak spawned nearly two dozen tornadoes statewide and is remembered as the fifth-largest outbreak in state history. — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 21 July 2026

Strong winds higher in the atmosphere will help organize those storms into fast-moving lines and rotating supercells capable of producing damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 21 July 2026

The same storm system responsible for the flooding also produced multiple tornadoes and widespread damaging winds farther north and east. — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 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

The National Weather Service office in Wilmington, which also covers counties in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, will send crews out July 22 to survey damage from the Tuesday storms to determine if tornadoes touched down in those areas. — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 July 2026