Weather alerts in Missouri, 2023
3,197 weather alerts in 2023, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 3,197
- Warnings
- 1,572
- Watches
- 151
- Advisories
- 423
- Busiest month
- July798 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 5, 2023116 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
3,197 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 1,071 |
| Tornado Warning | 82 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 59 |
| Tornado Watch | 16 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 229 |
| Special Weather Statement | 822 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 62 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 152 |
| River Flood Warning | 129 |
| Flood Watch | 45 |
| River Flood Watch | 5 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 192 |
| River Flood Advisory | 5 |
| Winter | |
| Ice Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 8 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 4 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 34 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 21 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 9 |
| Heat Advisory | 50 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 30 |
| Freeze Watch | 11 |
| Frost Advisory | 20 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 5 |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Wind Advisory | 56 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 11 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 57 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 5 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Christian County205
- Scott County188
- Barry County188
- Mississippi County185
- Greene County185
- Stone County182
- Taney County178
- Lawrence County176
- Douglas County175
- Webster County174
- Stoddard County173
- Cape Girardeau County171
- Bollinger County169
- Newton County162
- Shannon County162
- Texas County162
- Dunklin County161
- Ozark County161
- Wright County158
- Butler County157
- New Madrid County156
- Jasper County156
- Wayne County155
- McDonald County153
- Pemiscot County151
- Howell County148
- Oregon County147
- Pulaski County145
- Laclede County141
- Ripley County140
- Barton County140
- Dent County140
- Dade County139
- Vernon County138
- Perry County138
- Cass County135
- Platte County134
- Camden County133
- Dallas County133
- Jefferson County132
75 more counties
- Saint Louis County132
- Phelps County132
- Franklin County131
- Polk County130
- Miller County129
- Carter County127
- Linn County126
- Reynolds County125
- Bates County125
- Johnson County125
- Andrew County124
- St. Clair County123
- Buchanan County123
- Jackson County123
- Holt County123
- Cedar County122
- Morgan County122
- Maries County122
- Benton County121
- Clay County121
- Daviess County121
- Livingston County121
- Harrison County121
- Iron County119
- Chariton County119
- Nodaway County119
- Grundy County118
- Saline County118
- Hickory County116
- Pike County115
- Saint Charles County115
- Ray County115
- Henry County113
- Macon County113
- Atchison County113
- Lafayette County112
- Pettis County111
- Clark County109
- Washington County109
- Osage County108
- Gentry County108
- Carroll County107
- Callaway County106
- Caldwell County106
- Clinton County106
- Madison County105
- Warren County105
- Boone County104
- Lincoln County104
- Sainte Genevieve County104
- Saint Francois County103
- DeKalb County103
- Audrain County102
- Crawford County102
- Gasconade County102
- Cooper County102
- Sullivan County102
- City of Saint Louis101
- Montgomery County99
- Adair County97
- Howard County97
- Mercer County95
- Ralls County94
- Randolph County94
- Worth County94
- Cole County89
- Putnam County89
- Monroe County85
- Marion County84
- Scotland County83
- Lewis County81
- Moniteau County81
- Schuyler County76
- Shelby County72
- Knox County59
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.