Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 1997
39 severe thunderstorm watches in 1997. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 39
- Busiest month
- May10 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 18, 19973 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 3:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Crawford and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Mississippi | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 5 hr |
| Mar 24, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audrain, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Carroll and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 25, 12:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Christian, Douglas, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 27, 10:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cass and 22 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 28, 12:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Carter, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | City of Saint Louis | 5 hr |
| Apr 18, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audrain, Bollinger, Boone, Callaway, Cape Girardeau, Carroll and 37 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 20, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Dent and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 20, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Carter, Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 2, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Benton, Callaway, Camden, Carter, Cedar and 44 more | 7 hr |
| May 7, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt and 3 more | 5 hr |
| May 7, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass and 25 more | 6 hr |
| May 16, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Gentry, Harrison, Holt, Mercer, Nodaway and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Platte | 6 hr |
| May 17, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bates, Benton, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass and 15 more | 6 hr |
| May 17, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Bates, Benton, Callaway, Camden, Carter and 36 more | 6 hr |
| May 18, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 23 more | 7 hr |
| May 18, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Chariton, Cooper, Howard and 13 more | 6 hr |
| May 30, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Bates, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 19 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Holt | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Audrain, Boone, Buchanan, Caldwell and 41 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Platte | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cedar and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 20, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Harrison, Mercer, Nodaway, Worth | 5 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Holt and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 5:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 3, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Christian, Douglas, Greene, Howell, Jasper and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 9, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buchanan, Platte | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Audrain, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone and 40 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Ripley and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Marion, Putnam and 5 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buchanan County10
- Platte County10
- St. Clair County9
- Carroll County9
- Gentry County9
- Cedar County8
- Greene County8
- Lawrence County8
- Webster County8
- Bates County8
- Lafayette County8
- Chariton County8
- Andrew County8
- DeKalb County8
- Holt County8
- Nodaway County8
- Worth County8
- Mercer County8
- Barry County7
- Barton County7
- Camden County7
- Dade County7
- Dallas County7
- Douglas County7
- Hickory County7
- Jasper County7
- McDonald County7
- Newton County7
- Ozark County7
- Polk County7
- Taney County7
- Wright County7
- Benton County7
- Cass County7
- Cooper County7
- Moniteau County7
- Morgan County7
- Atchison County7
- Clinton County7
- Harrison County7
75 more counties
- Jackson County7
- Livingston County7
- Macon County7
- Ray County7
- Christian County6
- Laclede County6
- Miller County6
- Stone County6
- Texas County6
- Johnson County6
- Pettis County6
- Randolph County6
- Saline County6
- Vernon County6
- Shannon County6
- Adair County6
- Caldwell County6
- Clay County6
- Daviess County6
- Grundy County6
- Knox County6
- Linn County6
- Putnam County6
- Schuyler County6
- Sullivan County6
- Butler County5
- Mississippi County5
- Wayne County5
- Crawford County5
- Dent County5
- Dunklin County5
- Pemiscot County5
- Audrain County5
- Boone County5
- Henry County5
- Howard County5
- Carter County5
- Callaway County5
- Clark County5
- Lewis County5
- Shelby County5
- New Madrid County4
- Stoddard County4
- Maries County4
- Phelps County4
- Pulaski County4
- Ripley County4
- Cole County4
- Monroe County4
- Ralls County4
- Reynolds County4
- Warren County4
- Howell County4
- Oregon County4
- Scotland County4
- Marion County4
- Bollinger County3
- Cape Girardeau County3
- Madison County3
- Perry County3
- Sainte Genevieve County3
- Scott County3
- Pike County3
- City of Saint Louis3
- Franklin County3
- Gasconade County3
- Iron County3
- Montgomery County3
- Osage County3
- Saint Francois County3
- Washington County3
- Jefferson County2
- Lincoln County2
- Saint Charles County2
- Saint Louis County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.