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tornadic

tornadic

2 7.4
Has very strong spinning winds
  • adjective
  • /tɔrˈnædɪk/
  • Specialized
: tornádico
  • A season-high total of five tornadic events was intercepted in May, and the three chasers logged more than 9,500 miles in pursuit of severe storms.
  • tornadic event

It's either good weather, bad weather, windy weather, tornadic weather, all sorts icy weather.

Examples

  • When you have a large number of exceedingly high tornadic weather indices in a region that is presently spawning numerous tornadoes, don't bash anyone who warns their population.

    Blog text (20)

  • May see some tornadic action at an unprecedented early hour.

    Blog text (8)

  • It's either good weather, bad weather, windy weather, tornadic weather, all sorts icy weather.

    I've Had It

  • In one month, the participants traveled more than 3,500 miles and observed only a single, rather unspectacular tornadic event.

    Academic text (1999)

  • As I was putting the watering can away, I looked up again and saw the clouds had formed what I call cow nipples hanging from the sky - usually an indicator of tornadic weather.

    Blog text (12)

  • Also, with the latest sounding reports showing a decent amount of wind shear in the atmosphere, isolated tornadic activity cannot be ruled out of the equation.

    Blog text (19)

  • With two-inch composite armor and bulletproof windows, tiv is designed to survive tornadic winds up to 200 miles per hour.

    Tornado Alley (2011)

  • The storm produced several reports of tornadic activity in the region, leading to emergency warnings.

  • Meteorologists warned of possible tornadic winds during the severe thunderstorm watch.

  • Residents in the area were advised to take cover due to the approaching tornadic conditions.

Synonyms

tornadolike
vstornadic
1 6.9

Showing very strong spinning movement like a storm

is about having or relating to actual tornado characteristics rather than just resembling one

How Tornadic

tornadic
  • Specialized
2 7.4
stormy
38 1.0
windy
75 1.0

Surface Forms

tornadic positive

Morphology

tornadic = tornado (transparent) = tornado + ic

Formed by the productive adjective-forming suffix '-ic' on 'tornado'; the meaning 'relating to a tornado' is directly predictable.

Etymology

The word tornadic comes from tornado, which comes from the Spanish verb tornar, meaning 'to turn', and you can think of the English word turn. So a tornadic storm is one that spins or turns violently like a tornado.