"Tempest" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

A violent or furious storm; a current of wind rushing with extreme violence, and usually accompanied with rain or snow. See Stover v. Insurance Co., 3 Phila. (Pa.) 39; Thistle v. Union Forwarding Co^ 29 U. C. O. P. 84

An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity
and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious
storm.

A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum,
n., 4.

Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political
tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions.

To storm.

To disturb as by a tempest.