Tornado Watches in Missouri
1,011 tornado watches since 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 1,011
- Busiest year
- 200867 tornado watches
- Average year
- 34over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pemiscot County231
- Dunklin County229
- Mississippi County212
- Stoddard County210
- New Madrid County207
- Scott County207
- Butler County205
- Cape Girardeau County201
- Wright County199
- Barry County198
- Bollinger County197
- Douglas County197
- Taney County197
- Ozark County194
- Stone County194
- Christian County193
- Webster County193
- McDonald County192
- Ripley County192
- Wayne County192
- Greene County191
- Lawrence County191
- Newton County189
- Perry County189
- Carter County187
- Oregon County186
- Howell County183
- Madison County183
- Texas County183
- Laclede County182
- Iron County181
- Polk County179
- Pulaski County179
- Sainte Genevieve County179
- Saint Francois County179
- Dallas County176
- Reynolds County176
- Shannon County176
- Jasper County174
- Washington County174
75 more counties
- Jefferson County173
- Dade County172
- Dent County171
- Phelps County170
- Camden County169
- Crawford County167
- Franklin County167
- Cedar County166
- Warren County166
- Hickory County165
- City of Saint Louis164
- Barton County162
- Maries County162
- Saint Charles County161
- Saint Louis County161
- Gasconade County160
- Benton County158
- Miller County157
- Vernon County156
- Osage County153
- St. Clair County153
- Lincoln County153
- Grundy County151
- Pike County151
- Holt County150
- Daviess County150
- Livingston County149
- Morgan County149
- Montgomery County148
- Johnson County147
- Callaway County147
- Nodaway County147
- Henry County146
- Saline County146
- Caldwell County145
- Clinton County145
- Audrain County145
- Pettis County144
- Gentry County144
- Harrison County144
- Mercer County144
- Andrew County143
- Atchison County143
- DeKalb County142
- Bates County141
- Buchanan County141
- Carroll County141
- Cass County141
- Linn County141
- Ray County141
- Sullivan County141
- Ralls County140
- Worth County140
- Cole County139
- Macon County139
- Boone County138
- Putnam County138
- Chariton County137
- Marion County137
- Moniteau County137
- Lafayette County136
- Howard County136
- Adair County135
- Cooper County135
- Monroe County134
- Clay County132
- Jackson County132
- Platte County132
- Randolph County131
- Schuyler County131
- Shelby County130
- Lewis County126
- Clark County122
- Knox County122
- Scotland County113
The latest tornado watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atchison | 7 hr |
| Jul 31, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole, Cooper and 31 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Mississippi | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Perry, Sainte Genevieve | 9 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bates, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Cooper, Dallas and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Clark, Cole, Franklin and 18 more | 11 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:49 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Scotland | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, McDonald, Newton, Stone | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bates, Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Henry and 5 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Clark, Grundy, Knox, Lewis, Linn and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 7:31 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Linn, Macon and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 10, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audrain, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Lincoln, Marion and 5 more | 7 hr |
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.