Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings / 2026
Tornado Warnings in Missouri, May 2026
22 tornado warnings in May 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 22
- Busiest day
- May 19, 20269 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 16, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Linn, Sullivan | 28 min |
| May 16, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Sullivan | 26 min |
| May 18, 6:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike, Ralls | 28 min |
| May 18, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Atchison | 26 min |
| May 18, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Atchison | 35 min |
| May 18, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Nodaway | 46 min |
| May 18, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt | 44 min |
| May 18, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Holt, Nodaway | 49 min |
| May 18, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Gentry, Nodaway, Worth | 46 min |
| May 18, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Atchison | 47 min |
| May 18, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Gentry, Worth | 51 min |
| May 18, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Harrison, Worth | 53 min |
| May 18, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Holt | 31 min |
| May 18, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Nodaway, Worth | 51 min |
| May 18, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Andrew, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison | 24 min |
| May 18, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Daviess, Grundy, Harrison | 33 min |
| May 18, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cass, Johnson | 30 min |
| May 18, 9:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Carroll, Clay, Jackson, Ray | 40 min |
| May 18, 10:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Carroll, Livingston, Ray | 37 min |
| May 31, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ripley | 29 min |
| May 31, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler, Ripley | 12 min |
| May 31, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ripley | 21 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Atchison County4
- Nodaway County4
- Worth County4
- Holt County3
- Gentry County3
- Harrison County3
- Ripley County3
- Linn County2
- Sullivan County2
- Grundy County2
- Livingston County2
- Daviess County2
- Carroll County2
- Ray County2
- Pike County1
- Ralls County1
- Andrew County1
- DeKalb County1
- Cass County1
- Johnson County1
- Clay County1
- Jackson County1
- Caldwell County1
- Butler County1
Nearby
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.