Alert archive / Delaware / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Delaware, 2026
5 tornado watches in 2026. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of tornado watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 5
- Busiest month
- July3 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- March 16, 20261 tornado watches
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 11:30 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:55 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:06 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | New Castle | 7 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:20 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 5 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:58 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.