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I have had recurring tornado dreams since about 2007. I started having these dreams when my relationship with my long-term highschool boyfriend started to get serious and became very stressful. I had dreamt of tornadoes here and there before that, but toward the end of my junior year I was having them, without fail, every single night until we broke up a year and a half later. It got to the point where my mom, typically skeptical of dream-analysis and horoscope-type things, was convinced that my subconscious was screaming at me to break up with this guy. Almost every time I had one of these dreams, there were multiple storms, sometimes even hundreds of them. In some dreams I would be on top of a skyscraper or on the top branch of a tree watching them all, but almost always I was on the ground and always, ALWAYS unable to run. I've always called it "lead-feet." This sensation started when I was very, very young and still remains one of the characteristics of my nightmares, with or without the twisters. In the more detailed ones the tornadoes would stir up at my feet each time I took a step. My momma, I think, was right.

Thankfully, after the break-up, the dreams eventually subsided. When I started dating another guy they crept back up, but not nearly as fiercely as they had before. I still have them sporadically now, though I've been single for a year.

I found it interesting that a lot of you who've posted on this that Christ's presence in your life has either eliminated your tornado dreams or changed them. I had one last night, the first I've had in a WHILE, that has me researching again. I dreamt that I was...confronted...by each guy that's been in my life. I whole-heartedly denied each one of them, and had the Tabernacle in the forefront of my mind as I was saying "NO." (I am a recent convert to Catholicism, and the Eucharist is frequently an image or thought that shows up in dreams.)
After I heatedly pledged my celibacy to each former-boyfriend, I was suddenly outside and a tornado was approaching.
Only this time I was able to run.

last night i had a tornado dream. I was standing in my living room with my family when all of a sudden a huge storm came by. my family was gone and i heard an alarm screamingg "GO TO YOUR DESIGNATED AREA." but i just stayed there, staring out the window. then i realized my ex-boyfriend was right next to me. staring out the window. i also had another person next to me. what confuses me the most is that when i read the stories about other storm dreams and how they stopped after accepting christ, i still have them when i sccepted him too. i mean this is my first storm dream ever since than but...still. and my ex boyfriend too?! i mean wow

I have had several re-occurring dreams of tornadoes in the past, however in my dreams, I am looking for places to hide in structures that are amazing in detail but I never actually hide. I always wake up before the storm is over or I end up in another place where the storm has already past., and in these dreams, I am completely calm and always bewildered with amazement of how surreal the storm is.... In almost every dream, the tornado passes right by. In the last dream, the bottom of the storm ended up in a water hose that I was holding. When I wake from these dreams, I am in a very calm but also puzzling mood because I am amazed at what I had seen while my eyes were closed.

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I had my first tornado dream when I was 18 and had them from time to time for years. In the dreams there would usually be more than one but sometimes only one and I was always trying to outrun the tornadoes. I would find shelter in dirty places such as bathrooms and truck stop bathrooms and hide under sinks near trash cans. The dreams would always happen when my life was hectic or I was under a lot of pressure. I am 34 now and stopped having the dreams 2 years ago when I gave my life to Christ. I now realize that the dreams were simply me running from God and instead of me running to him which is what He desires, I would run to the things of the world to take shelter such as drugs or unhealthy relationships which is filthy, like the bathrooms and truckstops in my dreams. In the bible whirlwinds almost always indicate God's judgement.

i ve had frequent dreams where i witness tornadoe, earthquake and a tsunami together. media announcements on the tv that this is the last day of the world. every time in the dream i find my mother away from me and find myself running to save her. my momz alive healthy and hearty. shez d 1 whom i cant imagine life with... these recurring dreams keep scaring me .

Have had interesting encounter with tornado dreams in the past, but I find them to be warnings of things to come, and as a Believer in Christ they are given with the purpose of partnering with God to effect future events.
Let me explain. Some years back I woke up with a vivid dream of a tornado coming, it was huge, and I was fearful and in a sweat. The dream repeated itself about a month later, and again the following night, only this time it was different. I found myself in the city of Edmonton in the remaining basement of a house torn up by the tornado. I was on my knees in prayer asking the Lord God, to protect my relatives in the city.
The next day the real tornado struck the city of Edmonton, and the tornado skirted the area my relatives were living in.

Other dreams I have treated as indicators of events coming that require prayer to change or lessen the blow either real or life events coming.
My wife has just had a vivid dream regarding multitudes of tornadoes hitting the city where we live, no escape... Heads up, praying into this one for answers and direction on how and what to pray for.

I am in the 'Independent lviving' department of care, with staff that support me.
I get harrassed about learning to be Indepedent, even though there is no garrentee that I am able to do so.
This I am investigating.

On the day that the problems got really serious, I dreamed of tornadoes; this is from my tracking records of dreams and a war going on in my life.

I have had various mystical occurances that relate to the 'Indepedence programme'.
They include...

Unconfirmed flashes of light a few months ago, and a staff member seeing a ghost.
Coincidental occurances with the date 4th July. These are major on at least 3 occasions.
Another strange dream, that has properties that cannot be explained.

There are others as well.

Some of these coincidences relate to things like the activities of NASA and things to do with high temperatures etc (which tornadoes relate to as well).
All of these are in America.
My parents like America, and they like eagles, a symbol of indepedance; and I like Canada.

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I've had dreams about tornadoes off and on since I was a little girl. The dreams themselves always apear to be so realistic. Colors are always bright, my flight response and fear can still be felt the moment I wake, theres usually more than one tornado in the dream, and I'm often surrounded by family and friends who are just as panicked as I.

It was 1987 when I had my first dreams of tornadoes. For three nights straight I dreamt of close relatives on my dad's side in these tornadoes with me. A week later my grandfather died. The same thing happend with my Aunt before she died back in the 90's. In 2003 once again I had dreams of tornadoes and shortly thereafter I lost both my grandmothers.

The most recent one was the past summer. I dreamt I was in a large van with my best friend and her children trying to outrun a tornado, but no matter what we did we could not outrun it. It eventually swallowed us up, and I remember looking back at her small kids who were scared, crying, and screaming. Then I woke up. A few days later her husband died. Our families were close and this was so hard to take.

I don't usually believe in the whole premenition thing, but the dreams of tornadoes always occur anywhere from a few days to a week before someone close to me dies. To my recollection, there has not been a single death of a loved one that I knew that did not have a dream of a tornado preceeding it. I just don't know what to think of this.

I have been having dreams about tornados for the last 3-4 months. The first one I had included my mom, dad, and sister we all ended up safe. The next dream was the same dream as the first but I was the only one who had survived, my family and I got seperated. Last year I had recentley moved with my fiance to Tennessee, and left all my family in Illinois. Im not sure if that has anything to do with my dreams, it was just a thought. Last night I had another tornado dream. This time is was like the tornado was alive, like a person and was shooting fire. I got hit three times, I stood still and the tornado told me that he was just his job that he wasn't going to kill me. Then minutes after that my dad got hit in the chest. The burns didn't burn long but left a good looking mark. I can remember I got hit two times in the right hand and once in the right foot. In this dream it was just my dad and my sister. The night before this dream, my mother and I had gotten into a fight. The dreams just keep getting more real and scary even though the tornado was alive.

I've had frequent, recurring dreams about tornados in the past. Usually they would occur during a time of emotional stress. A year ago, I had a dream that I was driving through a small town and I spotted one out over a field. That one was a prophetic dream and came true a few days later when I found myself next to one in a field. Just like in the dream, I had to leave my car and run up behind a building for shelter as it passed overhead. I did not take the dream seriously at first because I've had a lot of tornado dreams in the past and they would occur when I was under a lot of emotional stress. That dream saved my life!

I have been having these dreams about tornadoes and I do feel that it is representing a relationship in my life that has been so destructive to me in the past 3 years. My babies dad and I started dating 3 years ago and had a great relationship until 3 weeks before our daughter was born. He walked out on us and never paid any mind until it was time for him to start paying child support. He then came back wanting to work things out and I gladly accepted, but that was probably one of the worst things I could have done to myself emotionally. I was doing it for the baby and in return, I got hurt and still to this day, he has walked out so many times when he was caught doing something against us..this is a long story, I just think I'm having these dreams due to this relationship. I always see the tornadoes forming and pray they dont hurt us. I remember them so strong when I wake up.

You are not alone in this! For the past 4-5 years of my life, I have dreams about tornadoes at least twice a week. I too have either been caught in the middle of one, watch one go by really close to me, or several several out across a field from me. The storm never hurts me, even if I am caught in the tornado. I have never been in a storm like this nor have I ever even seen a tornado! The dreams really started bothering me, but I have gotten so used to them that I don't even think about it anymore. Your interpretation is very interesting.