= tornado, twister
The tornado emoji is the internet’s shorthand for instant chaos: a gray funnel that says, “welp, everything’s airborne now.” People drop it when their schedule explodes, the group chat spirals, or the living room looks like it hosted a small pet-led apocalypse. It swings between dramatic (real severe weather updates), comedic (Sharknado jokes and flying-cow memes), and emotional shorthand for “I’m spiraling” or “brain going brrr.” Used flirtatiously or ironically, it can mean “you swept me off my feet” or “that fit blew me away,” equal parts extra and relatable.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a sleek silver-gray cone with tight spiral bands, a darker core, and a tapered tip—slightly tilted like it’s mid-spin, with a clean 3D gloss and no cartoon face or extra props. The crisp silhouette is instantly recognizable in feeds and captions, especially alongside storm-chaser clips, Midwest weather chatter, or “we’re not in Kansas anymore” nods. It’s also a go-to for gossip whirlpools, caffeine-overload energy, and before/after cleaning pics where the “after” is still kinda… windy. Use it for humor, drama, or alerts—just remember the real thing is serious business.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 726 of 2393 |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | :cloud_tornado: |
| Keywords | |
| Previous Names: | Cloud with Tornado |
| Unicode Category | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| Unicode Range | 1F300–1F5FF |
| Unicode Subcategory | Weather Symbols |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 Code |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🌪 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 1 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🌪 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🌪 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🌪 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f32a |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F32A |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127786 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x8C 0xAA |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 8C AA |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 214 252 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDF2A |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cdf2a |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 57130 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F32A |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F32A |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127786 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F32A" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x8c\xaa" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDF2A" |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 18 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🌪️ |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🌪️ |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🌪 ️ |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🌪 ️ |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f32a, fe0f |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F32A, U+FE0F |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127786, 65039 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x8C 0xAA, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 8C AA, EF B8 8F |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 214 252, 357 270 217 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDF2A, 0xFE0F |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cdf2a, fe0f |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 57130, 65039 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F32A 0x0000FE0F |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F32A, FE0F |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127786, 65039 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F32A\uFE0F" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x8c\xaa\xef\xb8\x8f" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDF2A\uFE0F" |
