Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Watches / 2003
Tornado Watches in Missouri, May 2003
37 tornado watches in May 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 May 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 37
- Busiest day
- May 5, 20038 tornado watches
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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lawrence County11
- Dunklin County11
- Pemiscot County11
- Dade County10
- Jasper County10
- Barry County9
- Barton County9
- Cedar County9
- McDonald County9
- Newton County9
- Polk County9
- Webster County9
- St. Clair County8
- Vernon County8
- Benton County8
- Henry County8
- Dallas County8
- Dent County8
- Greene County8
- Laclede County8
- Ripley County8
- Bates County7
- Pettis County7
- Carter County7
- Christian County7
- Hickory County7
- Howell County7
- Iron County7
- Maries County7
- Oregon County7
- Pulaski County7
- Reynolds County7
- Shannon County7
- Stone County7
- Texas County7
- Wright County7
- Miller County7
- Morgan County7
- Butler County7
- Mississippi County7
75 more counties
- Scott County7
- Stoddard County7
- Cass County6
- Jackson County6
- Johnson County6
- Lafayette County6
- Camden County6
- Douglas County6
- Ozark County6
- Taney County6
- Washington County6
- Boone County6
- Cole County6
- Cooper County6
- Howard County6
- Moniteau County6
- New Madrid County6
- Wayne County6
- Ray County5
- Crawford County5
- Phelps County5
- Randolph County5
- Saline County5
- Bollinger County5
- Cape Girardeau County5
- Jefferson County5
- Madison County5
- Perry County5
- Sainte Genevieve County5
- Saint Francois County5
- Callaway County5
- Gasconade County5
- Montgomery County5
- Warren County5
- Caldwell County4
- Clay County4
- Clinton County4
- Daviess County4
- DeKalb County4
- Carroll County4
- Chariton County4
- Linn County4
- Livingston County4
- Macon County4
- Franklin County4
- Lincoln County4
- Osage County4
- Audrain County4
- Pike County4
- Andrew County3
- Buchanan County3
- Gentry County3
- Holt County3
- Nodaway County3
- Platte County3
- Worth County3
- Grundy County3
- Harrison County3
- Mercer County3
- Putnam County3
- Saint Charles County3
- Saint Louis County3
- City of Saint Louis3
- Marion County3
- Monroe County3
- Ralls County3
- Shelby County3
- Scotland County3
- Atchison County2
- Sullivan County2
- Adair County2
- Clark County2
- Knox County2
- Lewis County2
- Schuyler County2
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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.