King James Bible Dictionary

Destructive
Proverbs 1:27

From the south:

In the land of Uz
Job 37:9

In the valley of the Euphrates
Isaiah 21:1

In the land of Canaan
Zech 9:14

From the north
Ezekiel 1:4

Elijah translated in
2 Kings 2:1; 2 Kings 2:11

God answered Job in
Job 38:1
Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena

Figurative:

Of the judgment of God
Jeremiah 23:19; Jeremiah 30:23

Of the fruits of unrighteousness
Hosea 8:7

Of divine judgments
Ezekiel 1:4

WHIRLWIND, noun [whirl and wind.] A violent wind moving in a circle, or rather in a spiral form, as if moving round an axis; this axis or the perpendicular column moving horizontally, raising and whirling dust, leaves and the like.