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Tornado Watches in Missouri, 2012
24 tornado watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 24
- Busiest month
- April5 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- February 29, 20123 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 11:47 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Camden, Christian, Crawford, Dade, Dallas and 38 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 22, 5:16 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 6 hr |
| Jan 22, 7:28 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 28, 10:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 29, 1:14 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Franklin and 19 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:20 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 9 hr |
| Mar 2, 9:54 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Iron, Jefferson and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 29, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Holt, Nodaway | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:37 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:51 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Camden, Christian, Crawford, Dallas, Dent and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Butler, Callaway, Carter, Cole and 35 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Jefferson, Perry, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence and 4 more | 7 hr |
| May 3, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Howell, McDonald, Newton, Oregon, Ozark and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 7 hr |
| Aug 31, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Dunklin and 24 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 1, 1:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Iron, Madison and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 7 hr |
| Oct 13, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 17, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Mississippi and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:10 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Mississippi and 6 more | 9 hr |
| Dec 19, 7:36 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Christian, Douglas, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence and 7 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Butler County8
- Carter County8
- Ripley County8
- Wayne County8
- Barry County7
- Iron County7
- Reynolds County7
- Sainte Genevieve County7
- Saint Francois County7
- Washington County7
- Dunklin County7
- Pemiscot County7
- Bollinger County7
- Cape Girardeau County7
- Mississippi County7
- New Madrid County7
- Perry County7
- Scott County7
- Stoddard County7
- Jefferson County6
- McDonald County6
- Madison County6
- Newton County6
- Stone County6
- Taney County6
- Christian County5
- Crawford County5
- Douglas County5
- Greene County5
- Howell County5
- Jasper County5
- Lawrence County5
- Oregon County5
- Ozark County5
- Webster County5
- Wright County5
- Camden County4
- Dade County4
- Dallas County4
- Dent County4
63 more counties
- Franklin County4
- Gasconade County4
- Laclede County4
- Maries County4
- Phelps County4
- Pulaski County4
- Saint Charles County4
- Saint Louis County4
- Shannon County4
- Texas County4
- Warren County4
- City of Saint Louis4
- Andrew County4
- Atchison County4
- Buchanan County4
- Holt County4
- Nodaway County4
- Lincoln County3
- Miller County3
- Montgomery County3
- Polk County3
- Barton County3
- Cedar County3
- DeKalb County3
- Gentry County3
- Worth County3
- Pike County3
- Osage County2
- Hickory County2
- St. Clair County2
- Vernon County2
- Adair County2
- Caldwell County2
- Clinton County2
- Daviess County2
- Grundy County2
- Harrison County2
- Linn County2
- Livingston County2
- Macon County2
- Mercer County2
- Putnam County2
- Schuyler County2
- Sullivan County2
- Knox County2
- Lewis County2
- Marion County2
- Monroe County2
- Ralls County2
- Shelby County2
- Benton County1
- Morgan County1
- Audrain County1
- Boone County1
- Callaway County1
- Cole County1
- Moniteau County1
- Carroll County1
- Chariton County1
- Clark County1
- Randolph County1
- Ray County1
- Scotland County1
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.