How to Use tornadic in a Sentence

tornadic

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• May and June mark the peak of tornadic weather in the US.
  — Judson Jones, CNN, 2 May 2022
• Near this cold front is where the most intense and tornadic storms could be.
  — Jackson Dill and Jennifer Gray, CNN, 15 Mar. 2021
• The tornadic storm erupted along a strong cold front sweeping across the country.
  — Keith McMillan, Washington Post, 20 May 2022
• Markleville and Anderson are also in the path of the tornadic thunderstorm, an NWS alert said.
  — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2023
• With the way things are going this week at the Capitol, tornadic supercells would have likely spun through the South Lawn.
  — Chad Pergram, Fox News, 21 June 2018
• Nevertheless, the chat service still went dark for a time as deadly tornadic storms were swirling across the South.
  — Author: Matthew Cappucci, Jason Samenow, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2021
• The setup doesn’t look conducive to tornadic storms, but rather large, slow-moving storms that could feature strong straight-line winds and heavy rain.
  — Greg Porter, Washington Post, 17 June 2017
• There are two types of waterspouts: tornadic and fair weather.
  — Cheryl McCloud, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2022
• Straight-line wind, unlike tornadic wind, does not rotate.
  — Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2023
• That’s taller than many of the tornadic thunderstorms that roll across Oklahoma and Kansas each spring.
  — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 15 Sep. 2020
• A tornadic thunderstorm continues to roll along the coast south of New Orleans.
  — Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com, 30 May 2017
• The pandemic is tearing with tornadic strength through Minnesota, the Upper Midwest and much of the nation.
  — Editorial Board Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 18 Nov. 2020
• A couple of things need to happen for a supercell to become tornadic: First, the giant mesocyclone at the heart of the storm needs to get air rotating closer to the ground.
  — Carolyn Wilke, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
• Central time, with the radar beam striking and detecting tornadic debris.
  — Adela Suliman and Matthew Cappucci, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2022
• Large hail, damaging winds, heavy rain and tornadic threat may all be possible on Thursday, according to the NWS.
  — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2024
• While winds were not tornadic, forecasters said gusts of 30 to 50 mph were possible in thunderstorms.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2022
• The room will provide safe space from severe wind and tornadic events for the student body and staff of Luck Public Schools, as well as hundreds of surrounding residents.
  — Star Tribune, 8 May 2021
• There is no Musial, and there is no Julio Franco, who aimed his bat at the pitcher from over his head before unwinding with tornadic gusto as the pitch approached.
  — Zach Schonbrun, New York Times, 21 July 2016
• The wind and tornadic activity caused substantial power loss from downed lines and poles, Hutchinson wrote.
  — Rachel Herzog, Arkansas Online, 21 Dec. 2021
• The most likely area for tornadic development will be along the Space Coast and inland toward Orlando.
  — Judson Jones, CNN, 28 Sep. 2022
• This year, Oklahoma has seen a relative lull in tornadic activity, but Smith warns that’s not going to last.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 10 May 2018
• Intense downpours with a lot of lightning moved through the region but no tornadic activity was reported in the region.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2024
• Jay Fleming, a photographer and frequenter of the island, started a GoFundMe campaign the night the tornadic waterspout struck.
  — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2022
• This is the theme of the night, unfortunately with these high winds and possible tornadic activity, with some of these trees falling into homes.
  — Matthew Martinez, star-telegram, 14 Apr. 2018
• Improved storm track forecasts gave millions of people and civic leaders time to prepare for tornadic winds and biblical flooding.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 17 Sep. 2017
• Hurricanes, droughts, tornadic winds – the extreme weather we’re used to seeing on the nightly news comes home in Johnson’s post-apocalyptic first novel.
  — John Hildebrand, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2022
• The tornadic storm was extreme not only for its duration but also its intensity.
  — Jason Samenow, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Dec. 2021
• In the case of the most recent two high risks this year, SPC forecasters identified a small area likely to experience a concentration of tornadic supercells.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 17 May 2017
• Another 145 were severe thunderstorm warnings in areas where storms were not tornadic but still intense.
  — Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2021
• Some of the hypotheses, such as those that involved a waterspout, were ruled out because local weather officials did not report any tornadic activity in the area, Hill said.
  — Dallas News, 22 June 2022

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024