HomeRiskIQ rankings
Highest Tornado Risk Cities in America
Cities ranked by long-term tornado exposure from historical severe-weather baseline tiles.
Ranking basis
Tornado score
Ranked entries
7,430
Updated
Oct 18, 11:39 AM
Media summary
Fort Myers, FL ranks #1.
The leading score is 100/100 on the current tornado score.
Ranked results
Top 50
#1
Fort Myers, FL
National index rank #2 · state rank #1 · top driver Tornado
#2
Tice, FL
National index rank #3 · state rank #2 · top driver Tornado
#3
Pascagoula, MS
National index rank #4 · state rank #1 · top driver Flood
#4
Gulf Hills, MS
National index rank #5 · state rank #2 · top driver Tornado
#5
St. Martin, MS
National index rank #6 · state rank #3 · top driver Tornado
#6
Latimer, MS
National index rank #7 · state rank #4 · top driver Tornado
#7
Hattiesburg, MS
National index rank #9 · state rank #6 · top driver Tornado
#8
West Hattiesburg, MS
National index rank #10 · state rank #7 · top driver Tornado
#9
Tampa, FL
National index rank #12 · state rank #3 · top driver Tornado
#10
Dania Beach, FL
National index rank #14 · state rank #4 · top driver Tornado
#11
Fort Lauderdale, FL
National index rank #19 · state rank #9 · top driver Tornado
#12
Oakland Park, FL
National index rank #21 · state rank #11 · top driver Tornado
#13
Wilton Manors, FL
National index rank #22 · state rank #12 · top driver Tornado
#14
Orlando, FL
National index rank #25 · state rank #15 · top driver Lightning
#15
Liberty, MO
National index rank #26 · state rank #1 · top driver Tornado
#16
Winter Park, FL
National index rank #27 · state rank #16 · top driver Lightning
#17
Crystal Lake, FL
National index rank #30 · state rank #17 · top driver Tornado
#18
Combee Settlement, FL
National index rank #31 · state rank #18 · top driver Tornado
#19
Cape Coral, FL
National index rank #32 · state rank #19 · top driver Tornado
#20
Winter Haven, FL
National index rank #33 · state rank #20 · top driver Tornado
#21
Boynton Beach, FL
National index rank #35 · state rank #21 · top driver Flood
#22
Lantana, FL
National index rank #39 · state rank #24 · top driver Flood
#23
Inwood, FL
National index rank #40 · state rank #25 · top driver Tornado
#24
Jan Phyl Village, FL
National index rank #41 · state rank #26 · top driver Tornado
#25
Lochmoor Waterway Estates, FL
National index rank #42 · state rank #27 · top driver Tornado
#26
Pensacola, FL
National index rank #44 · state rank #29 · top driver Tornado
#27
Joplin, MO
National index rank #45 · state rank #2 · top driver Tornado
#28
Golden Gate, FL
National index rank #46 · state rank #30 · top driver Tornado
#29
Yukon, OK
National index rank #49 · state rank #1 · top driver Tornado
#30
Brent, FL
National index rank #50 · state rank #32 · top driver Tornado
#31
West Pensacola, FL
National index rank #51 · state rank #33 · top driver Tornado
#32
Milton, FL
National index rank #64 · state rank #37 · top driver Tornado
#33
Philadelphia, MS
National index rank #69 · state rank #13 · top driver Tornado
#34
St. Petersburg, FL
National index rank #72 · state rank #40 · top driver Tornado
#35
Grand Island, NE
National index rank #74 · state rank #1 · top driver Tornado
#36
Marrero, LA
National index rank #75 · state rank #6 · top driver Tornado
#37
New Port Richey, FL
National index rank #79 · state rank #41 · top driver Tornado
#38
Estelle, LA
National index rank #81 · state rank #9 · top driver Tornado
#39
Elfers, FL
National index rank #83 · state rank #43 · top driver Tornado
#40
Galena Park, TX
National index rank #85 · state rank #4 · top driver Tornado
#41
Clarksville, AR
National index rank #87 · state rank #1 · top driver Tornado
#42
Jacinto City, TX
National index rank #88 · state rank #5 · top driver Tornado
#43
Beacon Square, FL
National index rank #90 · state rank #44 · top driver Tornado
#44
Pocahontas, AR
National index rank #91 · state rank #2 · top driver Tornado
#45
Alma, AR
National index rank #94 · state rank #3 · top driver Tornado
#46
Mesquite, TX
National index rank #97 · state rank #6 · top driver Tornado
#47
Port Arthur, TX
National index rank #98 · state rank #7 · top driver Tornado
#48
Conway, AR
National index rank #102 · state rank #4 · top driver Tornado
#49
La Porte, TX
National index rank #104 · state rank #8 · top driver Tornado
#50
Sunnyvale, TX
National index rank #110 · state rank #9 · top driver Tornado
How this ranking works
Tornado ranking uses historical severe-weather baseline tiles normalized to a 0-100 exposure score.
Rankings are built from HomeRiskIQ hazard tiles and current state/city scoring. They are designed for comparative research and media context, not official warning decisions.