Research and system analysis and design for a Site-Specific Tornado Hazard Analysis and Display System (SSTHADS) is being undertaken. This system will significantly enhance the capability to assess the potential hazard of tornadoes for specific geographic areas and make the NWS' Tornado Database widely available. In addition, it will enable an end user to make effective use of the database without having detailed knowledge of the data or its format. Our group is evaluating appropriate statistical methods that preserve the integrity and validity of all inferences made on the data, selecting a suitable "tornado hazard model," and addressing the observational biases in the data. The system will provide a tornado climatology for the U.S., and allow end users to perform an advanced statistical analysis. In addition, we are exploring incorporating features in the design such as 1) Internet access; 2) an interactive interface that allows the user to select the geographic areas of interest and statistical analysis to be performed; 3) an interface to a Geographical Information System (i.e., ARC/INFO) which enables extended analysis of the site-specific tornado hazards data with the user's other spatial data