Tornado dreams are less related to animals, less related to insects, and much less related to unnamed people.

Tornado dreams are more related to fear than dreams in general. They are less related to happiness, less related to sadness, and much less related to embarrassment.

Dreams of tornados are more related to home, more related to transportation, and more related to natural places than dreams in general. They are less related to work, less related to magical places, and less related to schools.

Dreams of tornados are much more related to disasters and more related to health events than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive acts, much less related to friendly acts, and much less related to sex.

Dreams of tornados are much more related to recurring dreams and more related to vivid dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to bad dreams, less related to good dreams, and less related to sad dreams.

Dreams of tornados are less related to smelling and less related to taste.

You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience tornados in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about tornados in dreams. See how you feel about tornados now, in your waking life.

This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet. Tornadoes are terrific symbols for frantic activity. When your life is like a whirlwind it can’t slow down. It’s frenetic, busy. Things happen quickly, suddenly. For example, in a dream about two tornadoes, the dreamer, an author, is thinking about two writing projects he has going. He realizes it’s too much to take on at once and has to drop one of them to give his best to the other one. Tornadoes are destructive, flinging objects and debris all directions. That association can be used to compare with someone you know, such as a child leaving a trail of destruction. It can symbolize personal destruction, or something in your life that leaves a trail of destruction in its wake. See: Destruction In simplest terms, a tornado is a disaster. See: Disasters Tornadoes can show the powerful force inside you that’s going to shake up your life. It’s the force of change, unstoppable. For a great example of such a dream, see: Family Home. In this way, tornadoes are commonly misunderstood as nothing but bad. Sometimes you need to mix things up. You need change—dramatic change. You have something big inside you trying to come out, and it takes a big change to make it happen. Before making a big change, especially a change in their psyche, people are known to dream about tornadoes hunting them. And ultimately it’s a sign to let go and allow the powerful forces of the unconscious to work within you. See: Unconscious minds Those forces will unleash tremendous energy. A tornado is, after all, powerfully energetic. And as a funnel whirling around a core, it’s a great symbol for the energy of the psyche. See: Spirals Or the spinning motion could symbolize arguments that go round and round, or thoughts that do—your head is spinning. It can mean your life is turned around by a powerful event. You suddenly find yourself going a different direction, just as tornadoes are known for suddenly switching directions. Tornadoes can have a devastating impact, and that association can be used by dreams to symbolize something that devastates you: separation, failure, loss, addiction, illness, mental breakdown. A feeling of devastation can stem from a specific situation, or stress. A tornado is a particularly good metaphor for heavy stress—it’s destructive, turbulent, electric, stormy—and captures the related emotions in one image. The damage to a city, town or neighborhood caused by a tornado in a dream can symbolize forces bringing down structures in your life such as values, beliefs, and assumptions. You’re rethinking something—or everything. See: Buildings, Constructing Damage to a home, on the other hand, tends to symbolize damage to your life or body. See: Home A tornado can symbolize something avoided or run from because it brings up strong emotions or bad memories. See: Storms As something feared, tornadoes can symbolize any fear, but particularly fears associated with sudden changes and uncontrollable circumstances. Tornadoes drop down from the sky—death from above—and that association connects them with fear of sudden death, war, or something that comes out of nowhere to upend your life or your psyche. See: Ufos The buildup to a tornado coming (sirens, weather alerts) can symbolize a sense of doom or gloom. Something you dread is coming. It can be specific—for example, a big test or confrontation—or general, such as fears and phobias. It can mean that you sense a crisis coming, or something big. Dreams can use associations with tornadoes such as how people tend to reveal their true thoughts and feelings during disasters. Flouting the danger of a tornado can symbolize ignoring a danger or warning, such as the danger of provoking someone or defying an authority figure, or of stirring up emotions you can’t control. Seeking shelter from a tornado can be a way of saying you need a break. Tornadoes cause huge changes, a metaphor for how certain times of life can be. Tornadoes cause insecurity and can pop up in dreams when you feel insecure. They’re unstoppable forces of nature. See also: Destruction, Disasters, Family homes, Psyches, Spirals, Storms, Ufos, Unconscious minds