as in hurricane
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
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There were no reports of hail or tornadoes either, Maddie Kristell of the National Weather Service in Seattle told Axios, though some areas saw thunderstorms, lightning and heavy rain in the evening.
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Christine Clarridge, Axios, 27 Mar. 2025
More trending stories from our newsroom: → 25 years ago, a tornado tore into downtown Fort Worth
→ Look out for this policy change at Six Flags
→Fort Worth is on this list of 100 cities with highest STD rates
Legacy is looking for real paramedics for a scene filming in Weatherford.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2025
Context: Climate change is altering the environment in which severe thunderstorms and tornadoes form.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
The storm unleashed a deadly wave of tornadoes across the central and Southern US since Friday.
—Tricia Escobedo, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
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Christine Clarridge, Axios, 27 Mar. 2025
More trending stories from our newsroom: → 25 years ago, a tornado tore into downtown Fort Worth
→ Look out for this policy change at Six Flags
→Fort Worth is on this list of 100 cities with highest STD rates
Legacy is looking for real paramedics for a scene filming in Weatherford.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2025
Context: Climate change is altering the environment in which severe thunderstorms and tornadoes form.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025
The storm unleashed a deadly wave of tornadoes across the central and Southern US since Friday.
—Tricia Escobedo, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tornado
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“Tornado.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tornado. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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