Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, May 2026

120 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 120
Busiest day: May 17, 202628 severe thunderstorm warnings

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By day

Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lincoln, Montgomery, Warren	30 min
May 3, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lincoln, Saint Charles	30 min
May 3, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Charles	45 min
May 4, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Livingston, Ray	26 min
May 4, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll	39 min
May 4, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Saline	21 min
May 4, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Macon	10 min
May 4, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Shelby	36 min
May 4, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Chariton, Macon	39 min
May 4, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Macon, Randolph	18 min
May 4, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Shelby	29 min
May 8, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates	39 min
May 8, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Henry	30 min
May 8, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	St. Clair	56 min
May 8, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	41 min
May 8, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Henry, Pettis	26 min
May 16, 9:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Linn, Livingston	38 min
May 16, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy	27 min
May 16, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Harrison	33 min
May 16, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Harrison	27 min
May 16, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Sullivan	52 min
May 16, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Harrison	13 min
May 16, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Harrison, Mercer	49 min
May 16, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Mercer, Sullivan	45 min
May 16, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Grundy, Linn, Sullivan	47 min
May 16, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Harrison, Mercer	27 min
May 16, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Sullivan	46 min
May 16, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy	41 min
May 16, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Sullivan	65 min
May 16, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Mercer, Sullivan	48 min
May 16, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer	44 min
May 16, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Harrison, Worth	33 min
May 16, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Nodaway, Worth	19 min
May 16, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Harrison, Worth	43 min
May 16, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Adair, Linn, Macon	43 min
May 16, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer	47 min
May 16, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Harrison, Mercer	39 min
May 16, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Sullivan	47 min
May 16, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Sullivan	27 min
May 16, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Gentry, Harrison	44 min
May 16, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer	27 min
May 16, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Mercer, Sullivan	34 min
May 16, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer	49 min
May 16, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry	47 min
May 16, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Putnam, Sullivan	32 min
May 16, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Linn, Sullivan	43 min
May 16, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Harrison	26 min
May 16, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry	24 min
May 16, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Sullivan	18 min
May 16, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy	26 min
May 16, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Sullivan	31 min
May 16, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Gentry, Harrison	29 min
May 16, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Harrison	28 min
May 16, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison	31 min
May 16, 11:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Adair, Putnam, Schuyler, Sullivan	19 min
May 17, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer	44 min
May 17, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Holt, Nodaway	50 min
May 17, 2:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt and 1 more	50 min
May 17, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison	72 min
May 17, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison, Holt, Nodaway	56 min
May 17, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Atchison, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway, Worth	52 min
May 17, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer, Worth	45 min
May 18, 6:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Audrain, Marion, Pike, Ralls	48 min
May 18, 6:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LSX	Audrain, Boone, Callaway	42 min
May 18, 7:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lincoln, Pike	39 min
May 18, 11:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Polk	49 min
May 18, 12:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Polk	42 min
May 18, 1:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Polk	36 min
May 18, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	EAX	Atchison	78 min
May 18, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Atchison, Holt, Nodaway	53 min
May 18, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Atchison, Holt, Nodaway	39 min
May 18, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Gentry, Nodaway, Worth	57 min
May 18, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Atchison	52 min
May 18, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Holt	60 min
May 18, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Andrew, Holt	49 min
May 18, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Atchison, Holt, Nodaway	44 min
May 18, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb	41 min
May 18, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Buchanan, Platte	45 min
May 18, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Gentry, Harrison, Nodaway, Worth	49 min
May 18, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison and 1 more	40 min
May 18, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Andrew, Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Platte	63 min
May 18, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Platte	58 min
May 18, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Daviess, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer, Sullivan and 1 more	39 min
May 18, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Buchanan, Caldwell, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson and 2 more	62 min
May 18, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	EAX	Caldwell, Carroll, Daviess, Grundy, Lafayette, Livingston and 1 more	53 min
May 18, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Cass, Jackson, Johnson	63 min
May 18, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Grundy, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan	33 min
May 18, 10:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates, Cass	42 min
May 18, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Carroll, Chariton, Grundy, Johnson, Lafayette, Linn and 4 more	39 min
May 18, 11:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Bates	44 min
May 30, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	47 min
May 30, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	36 min
May 30, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	50 min
May 30, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence	39 min
May 30, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Dade, Greene, Polk	42 min
May 30, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Jasper, Lawrence	43 min
May 30, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Greene, Lawrence, Polk	52 min
May 30, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene, Lawrence	35 min
May 30, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Taney	51 min
May 30, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Taney	39 min
May 30, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark, Taney	41 min
May 31, 12:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski	63 min
May 31, 1:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Washington	27 min
May 31, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Iron, Reynolds, Washington	42 min
May 31, 2:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Iron, Madison, Saint Francois	58 min
May 31, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	49 min
May 31, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry	45 min
May 31, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne	40 min
May 31, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Stoddard, Wayne	51 min
May 31, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Butler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne	50 min
May 31, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Scott	48 min
May 31, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Ripley, Stoddard	39 min
May 31, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Mississippi, Scott	44 min
May 31, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Carter, Ripley	36 min
May 31, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Mississippi, New Madrid	42 min
May 31, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dunklin, Pemiscot	44 min
May 31, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Ripley	28 min
May 31, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	New Madrid	27 min
May 31, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dunklin, Pemiscot	51 min
May 31, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Pemiscot	27 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.