Flood Watches in Missouri
390 flood watches since 1986. 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 flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 390
- Busiest year
- 202654 flood watches
- Average year
- 19over 21 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Douglas County75
- Ozark County75
- Dent County72
- Shannon County72
- Taney County72
- Howell County71
- Wright County71
- Texas County69
- Oregon County68
- Stone County67
- Christian County66
- Barry County66
- Newton County65
- Phelps County65
- Webster County65
- Laclede County64
- McDonald County64
- Pulaski County64
- Greene County61
- Lawrence County61
- Jasper County58
- Maries County56
- Miller County55
- Camden County53
- Bollinger County52
- Ripley County52
- Dallas County52
- Butler County51
- Scott County51
- Stoddard County51
- Cooper County51
- Johnson County51
- Carter County50
- Wayne County50
- Dade County50
- Howard County50
- Pettis County50
- Saline County50
- Barton County49
- Cape Girardeau County49
75 more counties
- Mississippi County49
- Lafayette County49
- Polk County49
- Reynolds County49
- Cass County48
- Henry County48
- Iron County48
- New Madrid County47
- Perry County47
- Bates County47
- Hickory County47
- Madison County47
- Crawford County46
- Saint Francois County46
- Cedar County44
- Chariton County44
- Morgan County44
- Osage County44
- Sainte Genevieve County44
- Washington County44
- Cole County43
- Carroll County42
- Franklin County41
- Moniteau County41
- Vernon County40
- Benton County40
- Boone County39
- Gasconade County39
- Jefferson County39
- Randolph County39
- Ray County39
- St. Clair County39
- Saint Louis County39
- City of Saint Louis39
- Callaway County38
- Livingston County38
- Clark County37
- Jackson County37
- Saint Charles County37
- Caldwell County36
- Daviess County36
- Linn County36
- Montgomery County36
- DeKalb County35
- Macon County35
- Scotland County35
- Warren County35
- Adair County34
- Grundy County34
- Putnam County34
- Sullivan County34
- Clay County34
- Platte County34
- Audrain County33
- Buchanan County33
- Mercer County33
- Clinton County33
- Gentry County32
- Dunklin County31
- Pemiscot County31
- Worth County31
- Andrew County30
- Lincoln County30
- Schuyler County30
- Shelby County30
- Harrison County30
- Knox County29
- Lewis County29
- Marion County29
- Monroe County28
- Nodaway County28
- Pike County26
- Ralls County26
- Holt County25
- Atchison County24
The latest flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 12:32 PM CDT | Flood Watch | DVN | Clark, Scotland | 20 hr |
| Sep 14, 11:37 AM CDT | Flood Watch | EAX | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton and 11 more | 48 hr |
| Aug 19, 8:23 PM CDT | Flood Watch | PAH | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid and 5 more | 11 hr |
| Aug 14, 9:51 PM CDT | Flood Watch | EAX | Adair, Caldwell, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy and 9 more | 12 hr |
| Aug 14, 9:48 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LSX | Knox, Lewis, Marion, Shelby | 12 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:22 AM CDT | Flood Watch | DVN | Clark, Scotland | 56 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:03 AM CDT | Flood Watch | DVN | Clark, Scotland | 16 hr |
| Aug 5, 1:57 AM CDT | Flood Watch | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 18 more | 35 hr |
| Aug 5, 1:52 AM CDT | Flood Watch | SGF | Benton, Camden, Dent, Maries, Miller, Morgan and 2 more | 34 hr |
| Aug 5, 1:50 AM CDT | Flood Watch | EAX | Adair, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass and 23 more | 32 hr |
| Jul 10, 11:39 AM CDT | Flood Watch | EAX | Cooper, Henry, Johnson, Pettis | 13 hr |
| Jul 9, 11:05 AM CDT | Flood Watch | SGF | Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Dade, Dallas and 19 more | 48 hr |
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.