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Tornado Watches in Missouri, 1998

59 tornado watches in 1998. 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 1998. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
59
Busiest month
April16 tornado watches
Busiest day
June 14, 19986 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
Mar 27, 2:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Callaway, Camden, Christian, Cole, Cooper and 22 more5 hr
Mar 27, 4:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Dunklin and 23 more6 hr
Mar 27, 10:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCButler, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Stoddard5 hr
Mar 28, 1:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCLincoln, Pike, Saint Charles, Warren3 hr
Mar 30, 3:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Barton, Bates, Benton, Caldwell, Carroll and 35 more6 hr
Mar 30, 7:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBarry, McDonald, Newton, Ozark, Stone, Taney6 hr
Mar 30, 9:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole, Crawford and 28 more6 hr
Mar 30, 11:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCButler, Carter, Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark and 2 more5 hr
Apr 3, 12:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCMississippi6 hr
Apr 7, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Marion, Putnam and 4 more6 hr
Apr 13, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Camden, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford and 24 more6 hr
Apr 13, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade and 17 more5 hr
Apr 13, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Iron and 12 more5 hr
Apr 14, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrew, Barton, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Cass and 17 more6 hr
Apr 14, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtchison, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Nodaway and 1 more5 hr
Apr 14, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrew, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass and 16 more6 hr
Apr 14, 11:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Barton, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden and 31 more5 hr
Apr 15, 1:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Benton, Camden, Carter, Cedar, Christian and 34 more6 hr
Apr 15, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Madison, Mississippi and 8 more7 hr
Apr 15, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCallaway, Camden, Carter, Christian, Cole, Crawford and 28 more4 hr
Apr 15, 11:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid and 6 more5 hr
Apr 16, 12:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot5 hr
Apr 25, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Clark, Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Knox and 6 more6 hr
Apr 27, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Carter, Dent, Douglas, Dunklin and 17 more6 hr
May 6, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Butler, Carter, Christian, Douglas, Dunklin and 20 more6 hr
May 6, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarton, Bates, Benton, Callaway, Camden, Cass and 32 more6 hr
May 6, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Carter, Christian, Douglas, Howell, Lawrence and 7 more6 hr
May 6, 10:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCButler, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Ripley and 3 more6 hr
May 9, 1:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Barton, Christian, Dade, Douglas, Greene and 14 more6 hr
May 9, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot6 hr
May 9, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot6 hr
May 11, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtchison, Holt, Nodaway6 hr
May 15, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Chariton, Clark and 31 more6 hr
May 21, 11:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrew, Atchison, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison and 3 more6 hr
May 22, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAudrain, Callaway, Cape Girardeau, Crawford, Dent, Franklin and 18 more6 hr
May 23, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Audrain, Boone, Buchanan, Caldwell, Callaway and 30 more7 hr
May 25, 12:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Howell, McDonald, Newton, Oregon, Ozark and 2 more6 hr
Jun 12, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Dent, Franklin and 22 more5 hr
Jun 13, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrew, Barton, Bates, Buchanan, Cass, Cedar and 15 more4 hr
Jun 13, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb, Gentry and 4 more6 hr
Jun 13, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton6 hr
Jun 14, 1:15 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Audrain, Buchanan, Caldwell and 30 more6 hr
Jun 14, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClark, Knox, Schuyler, Scotland6 hr
Jun 14, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Iron, Jefferson, Lincoln and 15 more7 hr
Jun 14, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDunklin, New Madrid, Pemiscot6 hr
Jun 19, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cass, Cedar and 26 more6 hr
Jun 20, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtchison6 hr
Jun 20, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Andrew, Bates, Benton, Buchanan, Caldwell and 32 more7 hr
Jun 28, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 33 more6 hr
Jun 29, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Holt6 hr
Jun 29, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clark, Clinton and 21 more6 hr
Jun 29, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCape Girardeau, Mississippi, Perry, Saint Louis, Scott, City of Saint Louis6 hr
Jun 29, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAudrain, Bates, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden and 39 more6 hr
Oct 4, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Buchanan, Caldwell and 34 more7 hr
Oct 4, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Christian, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Stone and 1 more6 hr
Oct 4, 11:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Barton, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Douglas and 11 more6 hr
Nov 10, 1:15 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAudrain, Bollinger, Butler, Callaway, Cape Girardeau, Carter and 37 more6 hr
Nov 10, 1:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot6 hr
Nov 10, 6:15 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCPemiscot5 hr

By county

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

75 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. June 14, 19986tornado watches
  2. April 15, 19984tornado watches
  3. June 29, 19984tornado watches
  4. March 31, 19983tornado watches
  5. April 13, 19983tornado watches
  6. April 16, 19983tornado watches
  7. November 10, 19983tornado watches
  8. March 27, 19982tornado watches
  9. March 28, 19982tornado watches
  10. April 14, 19982tornado watches
  11. May 6, 19982tornado watches
  12. May 7, 19982tornado watches

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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.