Terms of Use - TornadoRiskCheck
What this site is
TornadoRiskCheck reports county-level NOAA tornado history and sourced storm-shelter cost figures. It is informational only and is not a substitute for a licensed contractor's or engineer's assessment of a specific property, or for reading your own insurance policy's actual terms.
No warranty on the figures
Every figure traces to NOAA's own published tornado-track database or a sourced cost guide, but a county's history describes what has been recorded there since 1950 - it cannot and does not predict whether, when, or how severely a tornado will strike any specific address. Nothing on this site is guaranteed to match what a specific property will actually experience, and no result here should be the sole basis for a real-estate, insurance, or construction decision.
No engineering, legal or insurance advice
Nothing on this site is engineering, legal, or insurance advice. Tornado risk is a real consideration, but this site reports NOAA's own historical data and sourced cost figures only - it does not inspect, certify, or guarantee the safety of any building, and it does not know the actual terms of your insurance policy. Whether to build a shelter or add coverage should be based on an actual assessment from a licensed contractor and a reading of your own policy.
Content and links
Site content and the underlying data presentation are the property of TornadoRiskCheck unless otherwise noted. External links, including to agency and program sites, are provided for convenience; TornadoRiskCheck does not control and is not responsible for third-party sites it links to.
Changes
These terms may be updated as the site changes. Continued use after an update means you accept the current version.