Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2020
37 severe thunderstorm watches in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 37
- Busiest month
- May9 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- March 27, 20203 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 12:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 4 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audrain, Bates, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Carroll and 32 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 27, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Camden, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Dent and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 27, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Crawford, Iron, Madison, Perry and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 27, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Clark, Franklin, Gasconade and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Cass, Clay, Clinton and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 12, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audrain, Bates, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden and 54 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Mississippi and 7 more | 7 hr |
| May 3, 8:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more | 5 hr |
| May 3, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Iron and 9 more | 7 hr |
| May 4, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Buchanan, Camden and 40 more | 12 hr |
| May 4, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Iron and 9 more | 6 hr |
| May 14, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess and 15 more | 9 hr |
| May 14, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Audrain, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone and 35 more | 5 hr |
| May 15, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Christian, Crawford, Dade, Dallas, Dent, Douglas and 23 more | 3 hr |
| May 24, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton and 10 more | 6 hr |
| May 25, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audrain, Bates, Boone, Callaway, Cass, Chariton and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, Holt and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Bates, Cass, Cedar, Dade, Greene and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 4, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 21 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 5, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Audrain, Barton, Benton, Boone, Callaway and 42 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 11:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Franklin, Lincoln, Pike, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 24 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 30, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, Holt and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 9, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton and 40 more | 11 hr |
| Jul 11, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bates, Cass, Clay, Henry, Jackson, Johnson and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Greene and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark | 8 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Chariton, Cole, Cooper and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, New Madrid, Perry, Scott and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 31, 8:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cass and 32 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 31, 10:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Iron, Jefferson, Madison and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Nov 10, 11:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Clark, Cole, Cooper and 14 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clay County12
- Jackson County12
- Cass County11
- Platte County11
- Ray County11
- Dade County11
- Bates County10
- Henry County10
- Johnson County10
- Greene County10
- Polk County10
- Cedar County10
- Audrain County9
- Boone County9
- Callaway County9
- Franklin County9
- Gasconade County9
- Lincoln County9
- Monroe County9
- Pettis County9
- Pike County9
- Warren County9
- Christian County9
- Jasper County9
- Lawrence County9
- Buchanan County9
- Clinton County9
- St. Clair County9
- Barton County9
- Vernon County9
- Benton County8
- Cole County8
- Cooper County8
- Lafayette County8
- Maries County8
- Miller County8
- Moniteau County8
- Montgomery County8
- Morgan County8
- Osage County8
74 more counties
- Ralls County8
- Saint Charles County8
- Saint Louis County8
- City of Saint Louis8
- Camden County8
- Dallas County8
- Newton County8
- Webster County8
- Andrew County8
- Holt County8
- Nodaway County8
- Hickory County8
- Howard County7
- Jefferson County7
- Randolph County7
- Saline County7
- Barry County7
- Dent County7
- Douglas County7
- Laclede County7
- Phelps County7
- Pulaski County7
- Taney County7
- Texas County7
- Wright County7
- Caldwell County7
- Dunklin County6
- Pemiscot County6
- Chariton County6
- McDonald County6
- Ozark County6
- Shannon County6
- Stone County6
- Marion County6
- Daviess County6
- DeKalb County6
- Gentry County6
- Harrison County6
- Worth County6
- Atchison County6
- Carroll County5
- Bollinger County5
- Cape Girardeau County5
- Crawford County5
- Iron County5
- Madison County5
- Reynolds County5
- Howell County5
- Oregon County5
- Livingston County5
- Washington County4
- Wayne County4
- Lewis County4
- Shelby County4
- Mississippi County4
- New Madrid County4
- Scott County4
- Stoddard County4
- Mercer County4
- Macon County4
- Perry County3
- Sainte Genevieve County3
- Saint Francois County3
- Clark County3
- Knox County3
- Butler County3
- Carter County3
- Ripley County3
- Grundy County3
- Putnam County3
- Schuyler County3
- Sullivan County3
- Adair County3
- Linn County3
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.