Tornado character
Also called TORNADO, U+1F32A, weather emoji
Unicode character. A code point, not a station model or a forecast icon.
Weather charactersTornado character meaning
U+1F32A TORNADO is a Unicode character. A funnel-cloud report is an observation. A forecast thunder icon is a third system.
At a glance
- System
- Unicode character
- Code point
- U+1F32A
- Official name
- TORNADO
- Not the same as
- A forecast icon or a station-model sign
U+1F32A TORNADO. A character. Not a funnel-cloud report and not a warning polygon.
The name. Unicode name TORNADO, U+1F32A. The picture on a phone is the vendor’s. The character is the code point.
Where it comes from
The chart names the character TORNADO. Vendors usually draw a spout. An observer’s funnel is a present-weather report, and this cabinet draws that one not reaching the ground so the two are not silently merged. A tornado warning’s polygon is a map product. It is not this emoji. Nothing in the code point says a funnel is on the ground.
The line drawing is original to this cabinet. It is not an agency logo, a vendor icon, or the emoji for the same idea.
Weather
What it means
It is the word tornado as a picture you can send. It is not a certification that a tornado was observed, and it is not the symbol a weather service is required to use.
Variants
Vendor art
Apple, Google, and other vendors draw one code point in different colors and shapes. None of those drawings is a WMO icon, and none of them is the line art on this page.
Worth knowing
- U+1F32A is the Unicode name TORNADO. Vendors may draw it as a color emoji. The character is still the code point. Source
Questions
Is the tornado emoji an official tornado symbol?
No. It is Unicode U+1F32A. Reports of funnels belong to observation. Warning graphics belong to the service that issued them.
What is the code point?
U+1F32A, official name TORNADO.
Near this
- Funnel cloudAn observing category for a funnel. Not a tornado emoji, and not a thunderstorm icon by itself.
- ThunderstormA forecast icon for thunder and lightning. Not a decorative bolt, and not ordinary rain.
- Cloud with lightningU+1F329, lightning and a cloud. Not a thunderstorm forecast, and not rain.
- Squall lineA line of thunderstorms. The ticks on this drawing are a reading aid, not a required ornament.
Sources
Named when the entry depends on a text, a date, or a standard. Catalog numbers are not invented.
Your margin
Private. It stays in this browser and never joins the canon.
symbol.wiki, edited as Sigilla. Last reviewed 18 October 2026. A reading of public tradition, not a ruling.