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Tornado Warnings in Missouri, 1986

36 tornado warnings in 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.

Tornado Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1986. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
36
Busiest month
May13 tornado warnings
Busiest day
April 8, 19867 tornado warnings

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 6:14 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFNewton46 min
Apr 7, 6:36 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFJasper24 min
Apr 7, 6:53 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence37 min
Apr 7, 7:00 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFChristian, Greene45 min
Apr 7, 7:15 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFJasper30 min
Apr 7, 7:52 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFMcDonald28 min
Apr 7, 9:57 PM CSTTornado WarningSGFMcDonald23 min
May 13, 6:52 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXMaries, Miller53 min
May 13, 9:18 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXDent42 min
May 14, 4:10 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHScott, Stoddard50 min
May 15, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHScott, Stoddard55 min
May 15, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMississippi, New Madrid, Scott55 min
May 15, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHStoddard55 min
May 15, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMississippi65 min
May 15, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHNew Madrid, Scott, Stoddard59 min
May 15, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHScott59 min
May 15, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCape Girardeau60 min
May 15, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHScott60 min
May 15, 10:05 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHScott55 min
May 25, 2:37 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXAudrain, Boone23 min
Jun 6, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXBoone32 min
Jun 9, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPemiscot50 min
Jun 9, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHNew Madrid, Pemiscot60 min
Jun 10, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXJackson36 min
Jun 10, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXClay, Ray36 min
Jul 12, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarton38 min
Jul 12, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDade51 min
Jul 14, 6:25 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCape Girardeau30 min
Jul 29, 1:25 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXMarion35 min
Aug 1, 7:04 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFJasper, Lawrence26 min
Aug 5, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXMacon24 min
Aug 5, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXShelby35 min
Sep 22, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXAdair, Knox57 min
Oct 3, 2:10 AM CDTTornado WarningEAXBenton, Morgan65 min
Oct 3, 3:00 AM CDTTornado WarningEAXMiller, Moniteau, Morgan60 min
Oct 3, 3:00 AM CDTTornado WarningEAXCole60 min

By county

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

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. April 8, 19867tornado warnings
  2. May 16, 19865tornado warnings
  3. May 15, 19864tornado warnings
  4. October 3, 19863tornado warnings
  5. May 14, 19862tornado warnings
  6. June 9, 19862tornado warnings
  7. June 11, 19862tornado warnings
  8. July 13, 19862tornado warnings
  9. August 5, 19862tornado warnings
  10. May 13, 19861tornado warnings
  11. May 25, 19861tornado warnings
  12. June 6, 19861tornado warnings

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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. Rebuilt daily.