What are some other names for a tornado?

Answer 1

Cyclone is the generic term for the weather phenomenon that covers cyclones in the Southern Hemisphere (Pacific and Indian Oceans), hurricanes in the Caribbean and Atlantic, and typhoons in Asia and the South China Sea.


These three are all formed in the same way, over the ocean, and often develop out of a tropical storm, but they are not the same as tropical storms.
Hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons are all names for the same phenomena which occur in different parts of the world, and which rotate in a different direction depending on whether they occur in the northern or the southern hemisphere.

There are some storm names on the Atlantic list (where the storm is called a hurricane) that also appear on the northern Pacific list (where the storm is called a typhoon)--for instance, there are both a Typhoon Rita and a Hurricane Rita.

Answer 2

Another name for a tornado is 'Funnel Cloud'. The reason why is because tornadoes are shaped like a funnel. Tornadoes are also partly cloud. If you put the two words together, it makes 'Funnel Cloud'.

Answer 3

waterspout. a waterspout is a tornado but is made of water and forms over water.And a fire tornado . Some other names for it are a fire whirl and a fire devil, though it is not actually a tornado.

Answer 4

there are two other names for tornadoes a "twister" and a "cyclone". Note, however that it is technically incorrect to call a tornado a cyclone.

Answer 5

The generic term for a tropical storm like a hurricane is tropical cyclone.

Other names are:

- typhoon in the western Pacific

- cyclone in Australia and the Indian ocean

Answer 6

Tornadoes may also be called twisters. Some people call them cyclones, though it is technically incorrect to do so.

Answer 7

Tornadoes are sometimes (incorrectly) called cyclones. When they occur over water they are called waterspouts.

Answer 8

Tornadoes are often referred to as twisters and sometimes, incorrectly, as cyclones.

Answer 9

Twister, cyclone, twister, whirlwind.