tornado

violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the earth's surface and a cumulonimbus cloud in the air
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tornado

Summary

tornado is a type of meteorological phenomenon[1]. tornado ranks in the top 5% of type_of_meteorological_phenomenon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (64,537 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • tornado's instance of is recorded as type of meteorological phenomenon[3].
  • tornado is a type of meteorological disaster[4].
  • tornado is a type of whirlwind[5].
  • tornado's Commons category is recorded as Tornadoes[6].
  • tornado's Unicode character is recorded as 🌪[7].
  • tornado comprises funnel cloud[8].
  • tornado's has cause is recorded as cumulonimbus[9].
  • tornado's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tornado[10].
  • tornado's Commons gallery is recorded as Tornado[11].
  • tornado's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Tornadoes[12].
  • tornado's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • tornado's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • tornado's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • tornado's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • tornado's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • tornado's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18].
  • tornado's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[19].
  • tornado's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • tornado's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[21].
  • tornado's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • tornado's topic has template is recorded as Q139565554[23].
  • tornado's measurement scale is recorded as Enhanced Fujita Scale[24].
  • tornado's different from is recorded as fire whirl[25].
  • tornado's different from is recorded as Tornado[26].
  • tornado's different from is recorded as Q55594227[27].

Body

Definition and Type

tornado's instance of is recorded as type of meteorological phenomenon[3]. Recorded subclass of include meteorological disaster[4] and whirlwind[5].

Use and Application

tornado comprises funnel cloud[8].

Influence

Things named for tornado include Twister[28], a film[29], directed by Jan de Bont[30] and BM-30 Smerch[31], an artillery model[32].

Why It Matters

tornado ranks in the top 5% of type_of_meteorological_phenomenon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (64,537 views/month).[2] tornado has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] tornado is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for tornado include Twister[28], a film[29], directed by Jan de Bont[30] and BM-30 Smerch[31], an artillery model[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · UndefinedRachel · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → meteorological disaster, whirlwind
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'ami', 'an', 'ang', 'anp', 'ar', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'azb',
    Sitelink count → 172
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P373]]: Tornadoes, Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  2. 15d ago · Tymewalk · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14901 → tornadoes
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55023|batch #55023]]: Encyclopedia of Alabama update - add values for P14901 based on existing values of P6010"
  3. 10w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Concepts/Twister
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Concepts/Twister, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  4. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2ozvPL
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → tornadoes
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: tornadoes, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289971795|tornadoes (#289971795)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  6. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0007142-tornada
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0007142-tornada, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  7. 17w ago · EPorto (WMB) · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, Information integrity on extreme weather events
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/34829|batch #34829]]"
  8. 22w ago · Nat (WDU) · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Undrr-isc hazard information profile id → MH0305
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/29431|batch #29431]]: UNDRR-ISC Hazard Information Profile ID for extreme weather events"
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