Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Missouri, 2003
48 tornado watches in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 48
- Busiest month
- May37 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 5, 20038 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 12:05 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audrain, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Carroll and 28 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:25 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Dent and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atchison, Holt | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Butler, Carter, Douglas, Dunklin, Howell, Oregon and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton and 26 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 12:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 12:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Benton, Buchanan, Caldwell and 16 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Camden, Carter, Cedar, Christian and 30 more | 7 hr |
| May 4, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrew, Bates, Benton, Boone, Buchanan, Caldwell and 34 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Butler, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 10:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Franklin, Iron, Jefferson, Madison and 5 more | 5 hr |
| May 5, 12:50 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Carter, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas and 21 more | 5 hr |
| May 5, 1:20 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Butler, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Ripley and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 5, 3:50 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Iron, Jefferson, Madison and 9 more | 6 hr |
| May 5, 4:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 6 hr |
| May 5, 1:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dunklin | 3 hr |
| May 5, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | New Madrid, Pemiscot | 7 hr |
| May 5, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 7 hr |
| May 6, 1:50 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 6 hr |
| May 6, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Cass, Cedar and 20 more | 7 hr |
| May 6, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Callaway, Camden, Carter, Cole, Cooper and 27 more | 5 hr |
| May 6, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Iron, Jefferson, Madison and 11 more | 6 hr |
| May 6, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Camden, Carter, Cedar, Christian and 31 more | 5 hr |
| May 6, 11:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 6 hr |
| May 6, 11:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Mississippi | 6 hr |
| May 7, 4:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 6 hr |
| May 8, 10:25 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Butler, Carter, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 8, 1:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atchison | 7 hr |
| May 8, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrew, Barton, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 24 more | 6 hr |
| May 8, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton | 5 hr |
| May 8, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audrain, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole and 26 more | 5 hr |
| May 9, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audrain, Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone and 50 more | 6 hr |
| May 10, 3:05 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barton, Bates, Benton, Cedar, Dade, Henry and 7 more | 5 hr |
| May 10, 11:35 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Audrain, Bates, Benton, Boone, Caldwell and 38 more | 7 hr |
| May 10, 11:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade and 13 more | 7 hr |
| May 10, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Putnam, Schuyler, Scotland | 6 hr |
| May 10, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Dent and 22 more | 5 hr |
| May 10, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Audrain, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Chariton and 32 more | 5 hr |
| May 10, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Dent and 18 more | 5 hr |
| May 10, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike and 5 more | 5 hr |
| May 16, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 7 hr |
| May 16, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Dent and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atchison | 4 hr |
| Jul 4, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atchison | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Lewis, Marion | 5 hr |
| Jul 20, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atchison, Holt, Nodaway, Worth | 5 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atchison, Holt | 5 hr |
| Nov 18, 1:55 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dunklin County13
- Pemiscot County12
- Lawrence County11
- Polk County10
- Ripley County10
- Webster County10
- Dade County10
- Jasper County10
- Benton County9
- Dallas County9
- Butler County9
- Carter County9
- Dent County9
- Oregon County9
- Shannon County9
- Barry County9
- Barton County9
- Cedar County9
- McDonald County9
- Newton County9
- Hickory County8
- Maries County8
- Miller County8
- Morgan County8
- Pettis County8
- Iron County8
- Mississippi County8
- Reynolds County8
- Scott County8
- Stoddard County8
- Wayne County8
- Howell County8
- Texas County8
- Wright County8
- St. Clair County8
- Vernon County8
- Henry County8
- Greene County8
- Laclede County8
- Boone County7
75 more counties
- Camden County7
- Cole County7
- Cooper County7
- Gasconade County7
- Howard County7
- Moniteau County7
- Warren County7
- New Madrid County7
- Washington County7
- Atchison County7
- Douglas County7
- Ozark County7
- Jackson County7
- Lafayette County7
- Bates County7
- Christian County7
- Pulaski County7
- Stone County7
- Callaway County6
- Carroll County6
- Chariton County6
- Franklin County6
- Marion County6
- Montgomery County6
- Randolph County6
- Saline County6
- Bollinger County6
- Cape Girardeau County6
- Crawford County6
- Jefferson County6
- Madison County6
- Perry County6
- Sainte Genevieve County6
- Saint Francois County6
- Holt County6
- Ray County6
- Cass County6
- Johnson County6
- Taney County6
- Audrain County5
- Lincoln County5
- Osage County5
- Pike County5
- Saint Charles County5
- Saint Louis County5
- Shelby County5
- City of Saint Louis5
- Caldwell County5
- Clay County5
- Clinton County5
- Daviess County5
- DeKalb County5
- Linn County5
- Livingston County5
- Macon County5
- Nodaway County5
- Worth County5
- Phelps County5
- Monroe County4
- Ralls County4
- Andrew County4
- Buchanan County4
- Clark County4
- Gentry County4
- Grundy County4
- Harrison County4
- Lewis County4
- Mercer County4
- Platte County4
- Putnam County4
- Scotland County4
- Adair County3
- Knox County3
- Schuyler County3
- Sullivan County3
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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. Rebuilt daily.