Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Watches / 2008
Tornado Watches in Missouri, May 2008
18 tornado watches in May 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 18
- Busiest day
- May 30, 20085 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 1, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrew, Barton, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 32 more | 7 hr |
| May 2, 12:53 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton and 46 more | 6 hr |
| May 2, 8:49 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 6 hr |
| May 2, 10:44 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard | 9 hr |
| May 2, 1:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Pemiscot | 6 hr |
| May 10, 11:29 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cass and 23 more | 9 hr |
| May 10, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 10 hr |
| May 10, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Dent, Douglas and 17 more | 7 hr |
| May 13, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Cedar, Dade and 10 more | 5 hr |
| May 25, 1:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 24 more | 7 hr |
| May 25, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Scotland | 5 hr |
| May 25, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Scotland | 6 hr |
| May 25, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell and 31 more | 3 hr |
| May 29, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry and 10 more | 8 hr |
| May 30, 1:19 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Scotland | 8 hr |
| May 30, 7:56 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Knox, Lewis, Marion, Scotland, Shelby | 6 hr |
| May 30, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade and 16 more | 8 hr |
| May 30, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Barton, Bates, Benton, Caldwell, Camden and 36 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dade County7
- Newton County7
- Barton County6
- Bates County6
- Cedar County6
- Henry County6
- Jasper County6
- Lawrence County6
- St. Clair County6
- Vernon County6
- Polk County6
- Cass County5
- Daviess County5
- Grundy County5
- Johnson County5
- Linn County5
- Livingston County5
- Mercer County5
- Putnam County5
- Sullivan County5
- Barry County5
- Benton County5
- Greene County5
- Hickory County5
- McDonald County5
- Andrew County4
- Buchanan County4
- Caldwell County4
- Carroll County4
- Chariton County4
- Clay County4
- Clinton County4
- DeKalb County4
- Gentry County4
- Harrison County4
- Holt County4
- Jackson County4
- Lafayette County4
- Nodaway County4
- Pettis County4
61 more counties
- Platte County4
- Ray County4
- Saline County4
- Worth County4
- Christian County4
- Stone County4
- Dallas County4
- Clark County4
- Scotland County4
- Adair County3
- Cooper County3
- Howard County3
- Macon County3
- Randolph County3
- Schuyler County3
- Pemiscot County3
- Camden County3
- Douglas County3
- Laclede County3
- Morgan County3
- Ozark County3
- Taney County3
- Webster County3
- Wright County3
- Dunklin County2
- Phelps County2
- Pulaski County2
- Texas County2
- Miller County2
- Atchison County2
- Knox County2
- Lewis County2
- Marion County2
- Shelby County2
- Mississippi County1
- New Madrid County1
- Scott County1
- Stoddard County1
- Dent County1
- Howell County1
- Oregon County1
- Shannon County1
- Maries County1
- Audrain County1
- Boone County1
- Callaway County1
- Cole County1
- Franklin County1
- Gasconade County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lincoln County1
- Moniteau County1
- Monroe County1
- Montgomery County1
- Osage County1
- Pike County1
- Ralls County1
- Saint Charles County1
- Saint Louis County1
- Warren County1
- City of Saint Louis1
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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.