Tornado Emoji
Travel
A dark grey, funnel-shaped cloud swirling in a spiral motion. It depicts a powerful meteorological vortex extending downward, characteristic of severe storm systems.
Usage Context
Used to describe extreme weather, natural disasters, or to represent something chaotic and fast-moving. People often use it to indicate a turbulent situation, a 'whirlwind' of activity, or to signal that things are spinning out of control. It is frequently paired with 💨 to emphasize high winds or ☁️ to highlight the weather aspect.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2014, this emoji was part of the push to bring more granular weather reporting to digital messaging platforms, reflecting the common inclusion of natural phenomena in early mobile forecasting apps.
Details
Glyph
🌪
Unicode
U+1F32A
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f32a:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Travel
Subcategory sky & weather
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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