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Tornado Watches in Missouri, 2004

45 tornado watches in 2004. 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 2004. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
45
Busiest month
May20 tornado watches
Busiest day
May 30, 20045 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 4, 2:05 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Cedar, Christian and 17 more6 hr
Mar 4, 6:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCButler, Dunklin, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Pemiscot and 2 more5 hr
Apr 20, 2:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence and 4 more6 hr
Apr 20, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, McDonald, Stone, Taney5 hr
Apr 22, 1:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Christian, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Stone and 1 more6 hr
Apr 22, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Howell, McDonald, Oregon, Ozark, Stone and 1 more4 hr
Apr 24, 12:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCButler, Carter, Dunklin, New Madrid, Oregon, Pemiscot and 3 more8 hr
Apr 24, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Dunklin, Madison, Mississippi and 5 more5 hr
May 22, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtchison7 hr
May 22, 10:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry and 8 more5 hr
May 23, 1:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Clark, Cole, Cooper and 13 more6 hr
May 23, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCJefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis6 hr
May 24, 11:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrew, Atchison, Daviess, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison and 4 more11 hr
May 24, 1:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrew, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass and 11 more9 hr
May 24, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Audrain, Boone, Carroll, Chariton, Clark and 19 more5 hr
May 24, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole, Cooper and 18 more5 hr
May 26, 1:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Benton, Bollinger, Butler, Camden, Cape Girardeau and 40 more8 hr
May 26, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Dade and 15 more6 hr
May 26, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Crawford, Dent, Franklin, Gasconade and 8 more5 hr
May 27, 1:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas and 15 more4 hr
May 27, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Franklin, Iron, Jefferson, Madison and 5 more5 hr
May 29, 3:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtchison7 hr
May 29, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrew, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass and 18 more5 hr
May 29, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Cass, Clay and 13 more6 hr
May 30, 10:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Audrain, Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton and 69 more8 hr
May 30, 1:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Dent and 23 more6 hr
May 30, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDunklin, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Ripley8 hr
May 30, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid and 6 more6 hr
Jun 12, 11:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway and 1 more7 hr
Jun 12, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Benton, Buchanan and 31 more5 hr
Jun 12, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarton, Jasper, Vernon3 hr
Jul 5, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAudrain, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Callaway and 46 more6 hr
Aug 23, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtchison, Bates, Cass, Cedar, Holt, Platte and 1 more7 hr
Aug 25, 12:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Audrain, Boone, Caldwell, Callaway, Carroll and 33 more6 hr
Aug 25, 2:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCSaint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis6 hr
Aug 26, 4:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtchison, Gentry, Harrison, Holt, Mercer, Nodaway and 1 more6 hr
Oct 18, 12:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Camden, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Cole and 34 more5 hr
Oct 18, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot5 hr
Oct 18, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid and 5 more5 hr
Oct 18, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot3 hr
Oct 18, 10:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot5 hr
Oct 29, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Caldwell and 41 more5 hr
Oct 29, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Christian, McDonald, Newton, Stone5 hr
Oct 29, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClark, Scotland6 hr
Nov 1, 2:35 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot5 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. May 30, 20045tornado watches
  2. May 23, 20043tornado watches
  3. May 24, 20043tornado watches
  4. May 27, 20043tornado watches
  5. October 18, 20043tornado watches
  6. October 29, 20043tornado watches
  7. April 24, 20042tornado watches
  8. May 29, 20042tornado watches
  9. June 12, 20042tornado watches
  10. August 25, 20042tornado watches
  11. October 19, 20042tornado watches
  12. March 4, 20041tornado 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.