Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to, characteristic of, or of the nature of a tornado.

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  • adjective having the ability to produce a tornado

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Examples

  • And as we travel to the south, we are tracking rain, not intense in terms tornadic thunderstorms like we saw yesterday but there is rain working its way into Georgia right now, into the Atlanta metropolitan area.

    CNN Transcript Dec 28, 2008 2008

  • Visibility was low, emergency radio reports were bellowing, and the atmosphere had that dark, gusting, ionized, "tornadic" feel to it.

    Archive 2007-02-01 2007

  • Now you know, you should explain to folks that when we talk about tornadic activity in South Florida, this is not the same kind of tornadic activity you get in Kansas, by the way.

    CNN Transcript Dec 18, 2009 2009

  • You saw some images just moments ago of that kind of tornadic activity that took place late yesterday and into the evening causing pretty widespread destruction of what we could witness earlier.

    CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2008 2008

  • CHARLES: Well, after they talked about the surge and the kind of tornadic winds that would take place on the right side of the storm, I decided it was best that I move out, considering what I went through in Katrina.

    CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2008 2008

  • WHITFIELD: The equipment so sophisticated at the storm prediction center, they are able to forecast exactly what kind of tornadic activity is going to touch down where.

    CNN Transcript Mar 1, 2007 2007

  • Reynolds Wolf, what are we -- is this -- is this the work -- well, clearly, it's the work of a severe line of storms, heavy winds, and that sort of things, but it is possible that we've had some kind of tornadic activity here?

    CNN Transcript Nov 15, 2006 2006

  • Radar summary charts indicate potential weather hazards, such as tornadic vortex signatures and mesocyclones, within a planned route for a proactive approach to changing operational conditions.

    Aero-News Network 2009

  • Radar summary charts indicate potential weather hazards, such as tornadic vortex signatures and mesocyclones, within a planned route for a proactive approach to changing operational conditions.

    Aero-News Network 2009

  • Over 100 flights are canceled because of heavy rains, flooding, and 'tornadic' (meteorologist term) activities.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009

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