Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings / 2008
Tornado Warnings in Missouri, May 2008
35 tornado warnings in May 2008. 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 May 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 35
- Busiest day
- May 2, 200814 tornado warnings
Over time
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 1, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton, DeKalb | 33 min |
| May 1, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Clay | 39 min |
| May 1, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb | 31 min |
| May 1, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass | 26 min |
| May 1, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Jackson | 23 min |
| May 2, 4:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry | 35 min |
| May 2, 5:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 24 min |
| May 2, 5:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Webster | 28 min |
| May 2, 6:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Texas, Wright | 27 min |
| May 2, 6:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Howell, Ozark, Texas | 40 min |
| May 2, 7:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Oregon, Shannon | 44 min |
| May 2, 1:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dunklin | 44 min |
| May 2, 1:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 41 min |
| May 2, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Pemiscot | 40 min |
| May 10, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 40 min |
| May 10, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Dade | 35 min |
| May 10, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 53 min |
| May 10, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Jasper, Lawrence | 34 min |
| May 10, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry | 54 min |
| May 10, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 17 min |
| May 10, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Stone | 57 min |
| May 10, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Taney | 52 min |
| May 10, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 26 min |
| May 13, 10:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Shelby | 28 min |
| May 13, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 52 min |
| May 13, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Dade | 51 min |
| May 13, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Dade | 35 min |
| May 24, 6:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 20 min |
| May 25, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Audrain, Ralls | 42 min |
| May 25, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Maries, Phelps | 22 min |
| May 25, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Warren | 30 min |
| May 27, 12:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 27 min |
| May 30, 12:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Atchison | 34 min |
| May 30, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Pike, Ralls | 52 min |
| May 30, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike, Ralls | 41 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jasper County4
- Newton County4
- Barton County4
- Barry County3
- Cedar County3
- Dade County3
- Ralls County3
- Caldwell County2
- Clinton County2
- DeKalb County2
- Stone County2
- Texas County2
- Dunklin County2
- Pemiscot County2
- McDonald County2
- Pike County2
- Clay County1
- Daviess County1
- Cass County1
- Jackson County1
- Christian County1
- Douglas County1
- Webster County1
- Wright County1
- Howell County1
- Ozark County1
- Oregon County1
- Shannon County1
- Lawrence County1
- Taney County1
- Sainte Genevieve County1
- Shelby County1
- Audrain County1
- Maries County1
- Phelps County1
- Warren County1
- Saint Louis County1
- City of Saint Louis1
- Atchison County1
- Monroe County1
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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.