Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2025
30 severe thunderstorm watches in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 30
- Busiest month
- April8 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- March 14, 20252 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 4, 6:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Christian, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Barry, Barton, Bates, Buchanan and 26 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 14, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Scotland | 8 hr |
| Mar 30, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 1, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb and 8 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Christian, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 4, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Carter, Christian, Crawford, Dent, Douglas and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott, Stoddard | 5 hr |
| Apr 18, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Crawford, Dade and 37 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Douglas, Greene and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Christian, Dade, Greene, Jasper and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Dallas and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Dunklin, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Ripley, Stoddard | 4 hr |
| May 15, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Carter, Dunklin, Howell, Mississippi, New Madrid and 5 more | 4 hr |
| May 16, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Mississippi and 6 more | 9 hr |
| May 19, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Chariton, Cooper, Grundy, Harrison, Howard and 7 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton | 9 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Clark, Cole, Gasconade and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, McDonald, Newton, Ozark, Stone, Taney | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audrain, Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone and 56 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 17, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Gentry, Harrison, Holt, Nodaway and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Douglas and 13 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 11, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Audrain, Boone, Buchanan, Caldwell and 30 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 3, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Bates, Cass, Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audrain, Barry, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden and 38 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 18, 11:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Crawford and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 18, 4:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott and 2 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Barry County13
- McDonald County13
- Newton County13
- Lawrence County12
- Stone County12
- Taney County12
- Christian County11
- Jasper County11
- Dade County10
- Barton County9
- Cedar County9
- Douglas County9
- Greene County9
- Webster County9
- Ozark County9
- Laclede County8
- Polk County8
- Wright County8
- Dallas County7
- Phelps County7
- Pulaski County7
- Texas County7
- Andrew County6
- Harrison County6
- Holt County6
- St. Clair County6
- Vernon County6
- Hickory County6
- Howell County6
- New Madrid County6
- Stoddard County6
- Atchison County5
- Buchanan County5
- Daviess County5
- DeKalb County5
- Gentry County5
- Nodaway County5
- Worth County5
- Camden County5
- Maries County5
75 more counties
- Miller County5
- Grundy County5
- Crawford County5
- Dent County5
- Iron County5
- Madison County5
- Oregon County5
- Reynolds County5
- Sainte Genevieve County5
- Saint Francois County5
- Shannon County5
- Washington County5
- Wayne County5
- Dunklin County5
- Mississippi County5
- Pemiscot County5
- Butler County5
- Cass County4
- Clinton County4
- Johnson County4
- Platte County4
- Ray County4
- Mercer County4
- Carter County4
- Scott County4
- Osage County4
- Ripley County4
- Cooper County4
- Audrain County4
- Boone County4
- Bates County3
- Caldwell County3
- Clay County3
- Henry County3
- Jackson County3
- Lafayette County3
- Benton County3
- Morgan County3
- Bollinger County3
- Gasconade County3
- Jefferson County3
- Saint Louis County3
- City of Saint Louis3
- Chariton County3
- Howard County3
- Randolph County3
- Sullivan County3
- Callaway County3
- Cole County3
- Moniteau County3
- Pike County3
- Pettis County3
- Clark County2
- Scotland County2
- Perry County2
- Franklin County2
- Saint Charles County2
- Warren County2
- Cape Girardeau County2
- Adair County2
- Linn County2
- Macon County2
- Putnam County2
- Montgomery County2
- Ralls County2
- Livingston County2
- Carroll County2
- Saline County2
- Schuyler County1
- Lincoln County1
- Knox County1
- Lewis County1
- Marion County1
- Monroe County1
- Shelby County1
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.