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+import pandas as pd
+import pytest
+
+from postreise.plot.plot_tornado import plot_tornado
+
+data = {
+    "Arizona": 25,
+    "California": 8,
+    "Colorado": 15,
+    "Idaho": 5,
+    "Montana Western": 35,
+    "Nevada": 1,
+    "New Mexico Western": 15,
+    "Oregon": 10,
+    "Utah": 0,
+    "Washington": -15,
+    "Wyoming": -6,
+    "El Paso": -1,
+}
+
+
+def test_plot_tornado():
+    plot_tornado("Test data", data, sorted=True, plot_show=False)
+
+
+def _assert_error(err_msg, *args, **kwargs):
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError) as excinfo:
+        plot_tornado(*args, **kwargs)
+    assert err_msg in str(excinfo.value)
+
+
+def test_plot_tornado_argument_type():
+    _assert_error("title must be a str", pd.DataFrame(), data)
+    _assert_error("data must be a dict", "bad data", [1, 2, 3])
+    _assert_error("all keys of data must be str", "Keys", {"a": 1, 2: 2})
+    _assert_error("all values of data must be int or float", "S", {"a": 1, "b": "B"})
+    _assert_error("sorted must be a bool", "bad keyword type", data, sorted="no")
+    _assert_error("plot_show must be a bool", "same as above", data, plot_show="yes")