What does 🌪️ Tornado mean?
A swirling funnel cloud reaching down from the sky. It means tornadoes and violent storms, and is used for weather warnings and storm news. Figuratively, it describes chaos and whirlwinds of activity: a toddler wrecking a room, a hectic week or someone rushing in and out. It suggests messier destruction than the spiral 🌀.
🌪️ Tornado is an emoji from the Travel & Places category (sky & weather), added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014. People use it in messages about cloud, weather and whirlwind.
Example messages
🌪️ Tornado on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Tornado looks on each platform.
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Tornado emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Tornado emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🌪️ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :tornado:.
When was the Tornado emoji added?
🌪️ Tornado was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🌪️ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Tornado. The underlying code (U+1F32A U+FE0F) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.