diff --git a/raster_api/runtime/setup.py b/raster_api/runtime/setup.py
index d2860fc8..28f92b43 100644
--- a/raster_api/runtime/setup.py
+++ b/raster_api/runtime/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 inst_reqs = [
     "boto3",
-    "rio-tiler==6.5.0",
+    "rio-tiler==7.2.2",
     "titiler.pgstac==1.3.0",
     "titiler.core>=0.18.5,<0.19",
     "titiler.mosaic>=0.18.5,<0.19",
diff --git a/raster_api/runtime/src/cmap_data/README.md b/raster_api/runtime/src/cmap_data/README.md
index 1a489350..2377adca 100644
--- a/raster_api/runtime/src/cmap_data/README.md
+++ b/raster_api/runtime/src/cmap_data/README.md
@@ -109,4 +109,26 @@ for k in texture_categories.keys():
     cmap[int(k)] = np.array(parse_color(texture_categories[k]))
 
 np.save("soil_texture.npy", cmap)
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
+
+##### Tornadoes colormap
+
+```python
+from rio_tiler.colormap import parse_color
+import json
+
+# Colormap for Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale ratings
+tornado_ef_scale = {
+    "-1": "#b3bcc9", 
+    "0": "#add8e6", 
+    "1": "#90ee90", 
+    "2": "#ffe71f", 
+    "3": "#ffa500", 
+    "4": "#ff0000", 
+    "5": "#ff00ff"
+}
+
+cmap = {int(i):parse_color(tornado_ef_scale[i]) for i in tornado_ef_scale}
+
+with open('tornado_ef_scale.json', 'w') as f:
+    json.dump(cmap, f)
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diff --git a/raster_api/runtime/src/cmap_data/tornado_ef_scale.json b/raster_api/runtime/src/cmap_data/tornado_ef_scale.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6d9c9d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/raster_api/runtime/src/cmap_data/tornado_ef_scale.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"-1": [179, 188, 201, 255], "0": [173, 216, 230, 255], "1": [144, 238, 144, 255], "2": [255, 231, 31, 255], "3": [255, 165, 0, 255], "4": [255, 0, 0, 255], "5": [255, 0, 255, 255]}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/raster_api/runtime/src/dependencies.py b/raster_api/runtime/src/dependencies.py
index cee0a08b..1e97d3cf 100644
--- a/raster_api/runtime/src/dependencies.py
+++ b/raster_api/runtime/src/dependencies.py
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
     # Try backported to PY<39 `importlib_resources`.
     from importlib_resources import files as resources_files  # type: ignore
 
+
 VEDA_CMAPS_FILES = {
-    f.stem: str(f) for f in (resources_files(__package__) / "cmap_data").glob("*.npy")  # type: ignore
+    f.stem: str(f) for f in (resources_files(__package__) / "cmap_data").glob("*.[npy json]*")  # type: ignore
 }
 cmap = default_cmap.register(VEDA_CMAPS_FILES)
 ColorMapParams = create_colormap_dependency(cmap)