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

&#xD83C;&#xDF2A;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Travel

Subcategory sky & weather

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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