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Tornado Watches in Missouri, 1997

23 tornado watches in 1997. 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 in 1997. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
23
Busiest month
May8 tornado watches
Busiest day
May 26, 19974 tornado 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 4, 4:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot5 hr
Feb 20, 11:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot6 hr
Feb 26, 2:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCDunklin5 hr
Feb 26, 8:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot6 hr
Mar 1, 2:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCDunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot7 hr
Mar 24, 3:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Chariton and 13 more6 hr
Mar 28, 2:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Iron, Jefferson and 15 more6 hr
Apr 5, 3:15 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot6 hr
Apr 5, 9:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCNew Madrid, Pemiscot6 hr
Apr 20, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas and 15 more6 hr
Apr 20, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Camden, Cole, Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade and 10 more4 hr
Apr 30, 12:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClark, Lewis, Marion, Ralls7 hr
May 2, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Dunklin, Madison, Mississippi and 7 more6 hr
May 7, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarton, Bates, Cass, Henry, Vernon6 hr
May 7, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCNewton6 hr
May 25, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBates, Benton, Buchanan, Carroll, Cass, Cedar and 16 more4 hr
May 26, 12:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cass and 33 more5 hr
May 26, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Barton, Bates, Bollinger, Butler, Camden and 42 more6 hr
May 26, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCMississippi, Scott6 hr
May 26, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Butler, Christian, Douglas, Dunklin, Howell and 7 more6 hr
Jun 11, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCHolt5 hr
Jul 7, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtchison6 hr
Oct 8, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrew, Buchanan, Platte6 hr

By county

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

49 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 26, 19974tornado watches
  2. April 5, 19972tornado watches
  3. April 20, 19972tornado watches
  4. January 4, 19971tornado watches
  5. February 21, 19971tornado watches
  6. February 26, 19971tornado watches
  7. February 27, 19971tornado watches
  8. March 1, 19971tornado watches
  9. March 24, 19971tornado watches
  10. March 28, 19971tornado watches
  11. April 30, 19971tornado watches
  12. May 2, 19971tornado watches

Nearby

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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.