Category:Tornado

Tor*na"do, n.; pl. Tornadoes. Etym: [from sp. or pg. tornar to turn, Return, l. tornare to turn, hence, a whirling wind. The sp. & pg. Tornada is a return. See turn.]

Defn: a violent whirling wind; specifically (meteorol.), a tempest Distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, Usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of Rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small Cyclone.