# Tornado (disambiguation)

A tornado is a violent rotating column of air that touches the surface of the Earth.
Tornado may also refer to:

## Places

* Tornado, West Virginia, a census-designated place, United States

## People

* Danie Brits (1965–2020), a South African professional wrestler who used to go by the ring name Tornado
* Ted Fujita (1920–1998), prominent severe storms researcher, referred to as Mr Tornado by associates and the media
* Tony Drago (born 1965), a snooker player nicknamed "The Tornado"
* Tony Tornado (born 1930), Brazilian actor and singer
* Tornado (wrestler) (born 1966), a South African professional wrestler
* Tornado Alicia Black (born 1998), a tennis player

## 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

* Tornado (horse), sometimes spelled Toronado, Zorro's horse
* Terrible Tornado, a character from the web comic / manga series One Punch-Man

### Film

* The Tornado (1917 film), an American short film by John Ford
* The Tornado, (1924 film), an American silent drama film directed by King Baggot
* Tornado (1943 film), an American film directed by William A. Berke
* Tornado (2025 film), a British thriller film
* Tornado: The Last Blood, a 1983 Italian war film
* Tornado!, a 1996 television disaster film

### Games

* Tornado (1993 video game), flight simulator game
* Tornado (2008 video game), Nintendo DS game
* Tornado (table football), a table football table

### Literature

* Tornado (comics), a 1979 weekly British comic
* Tornado (novel), a 1996 children's book by Betsy Byars

### Music
#### Groups and labels

* The Tornados or The Tornadoes, a 1960s English instrumental band
* The Tornadoes, an American surf band 1960–2007

#### Albums

* Tornado (Little Big Town album) or the title song (see below), 2012
* Tornado (The Rainmakers album), 1988
* Tornado, by Mandoza, or the title song, 2002

#### 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 Jay Chou on the album Jay, 2000
* "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

* "Tornado" (Beavis and Butt-Head), an episode
* "Tornado" (Superstore), an episode
* "Tornado", a commercial for the Buick Rendezvous

## 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
* Tornado Cash, cryptocurrency tumbler

## Military

* 9A52-4 Tornado, a Russian multiple rocket launcher
** Tornado-G, improved BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher
** Tornado-U, improved BM-27 Uragan multiple rocket launcher
** Tornado-S, improved BM-30 Smerch multiple rocket launcher
* BM-30 Smerch (“Tornado”), a Russian multiple rocket launcher
* Panavia Tornado, a Western strike fighter
* Tornado battalion, a former Ukrainian special volunteer unit, disbanded with dishonour in 2015

## 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
* 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 built in Italy, the UK and Germany
** 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
* Tornado, a biplane from Sonic The Hedgehog

### 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
* Tornado (P-44), a Meteoro-class patrol ship

### 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)
* Foton Tornado, a light-duty truck produced by Foton Motor
* 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
* Jeep Tornado engine, an automobile engine built by Kaiser Jeep from 1962 to 1973