The word tornado coms from the Spanish word "tornada" meaning thunderstorm and "tornar," meaning "to turn."
If you are referring to a tornado, which is a funnel shaped mass of spinning debris, "then the term comes from the Spanish word tornado. It is the past participle of the Spanish verb tornar, which means to turn. It also stems from the word tornada, meaning thunderstorm." (weather.com)
If you are referring to the practice of naming hurricanes and/or tropical storms, which originate in the ocean, then the National Weather Bureau compiles a list of names to use for that particular year. If it is a bad hurricane that does a lot of damage, like Hugo,Katrina, and Andrew, then those names are retired and not used again.
tornado
1556, navigator's word for violent windy thunderstorm in the tropical Atlantic, probably a mangled borrowing from Sp. tronada "thunderstorm," from tronar "to thunder," from L. tonare "to thunder" (see thunder). Metathesis of -o- and -r- in modern spelling infl. by Sp. tornar "to twist, turn," from L. tornare "to turn." Meaning "extremely violent whirlwind" is first found 1626
Tornadoes do not get actual names as hurricanes do. Usually a tornado is simply referred to by where it occurs. For example the tornado that struck Wichita Falls, Texas in 1979 is known as the Wichita Falls tornado.
The word "tornado" comes from a form of the Spanish word-- tronada, which means "thunderstorm".
Tornadoes are not officially named.
But many tornadoes are known by the places they hit (i.e. the Parkersburg, Iowa tornado, the Oklahoma City tornado)
No. Tornadoes do not have names.
Unlike hurricanes, tornados are not named.
no not like hurricanes tornadoes get named the place where it touchdown like the hallam nebraska tornado or the tri state tornado
No. Tornadoes are too numerous and happen too quickly to be named. Instead tornadoes are usually referred to by the places they hit, such as the Oklahoma City tornado or the Tuscaloosa, Alabama tornado. The only types of storms named are tropical cyclones (e.g. hurricanes).
There has never been a tornado named Chris as tornadoes don't have names. There was a Hurricane Chris in 1994 and another in 2012.
The first documented use of the word "tornado" was in 1556.
Tornado Alley is named as such because it has the highest incidence of tornadoes in the world.
Tornadoes are not named as hurricanes are. The first known use of the word "tornado" was in 1556.
tornadoes are not like hurricanes they dont get named they only get named by the place where the tornado touch down like for example the hallam nebraska tornado or the tri state tornado
Tornadoes are not named.
A Tornado to happen and then it is named after the person that reports it first :-)
I believe they named the dog "Tornado."
There was never a tornado named Bill as tornadoes do not have names. Two hurricanes named Bill occurred in 2003 and 2015.
No. Tornadoes do not have names.
No. Tornadoes do not have names.
No. Tornadoes do not get names.
No. Tornadoes do not have names.