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Tornado Watches in Missouri, 2021
18 tornado watches in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 18
- Busiest month
- December6 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- June 24, 20212 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2:22 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 8 hr |
| Mar 17, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Christian, Douglas, Greene, Lawrence, McDonald and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Mississippi | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:33 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Christian, Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 24, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Holt, Nodaway | 5 hr |
| Jun 24, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry and 10 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 11:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audrain, Callaway, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 9, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Carroll, Chariton and 32 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 10, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton | 5 hr |
| Oct 24, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Audrain, Barry, Barton, Bates and 83 more | 9 hr |
| Oct 24, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Madison, Mississippi and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 24, 10:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 4 hr |
| Dec 5, 8:59 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Iron, Madison and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:07 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Dent and 20 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 10, 5:17 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audrain, Barry, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Christian and 39 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 10, 11:03 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, Perry, Scott | 5 hr |
| Dec 15, 1:23 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Gentry, Harrison, Holt, Mercer and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 15, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Scotland | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mississippi County5
- Barry County4
- Christian County4
- Douglas County4
- Lawrence County4
- McDonald County4
- Newton County4
- Ozark County4
- Taney County4
- Webster County4
- Wright County4
- Audrain County4
- Callaway County4
- Lincoln County4
- Montgomery County4
- Pike County4
- Ralls County4
- Saint Charles County4
- Saint Louis County4
- Warren County4
- City of Saint Louis4
- Bollinger County4
- Cape Girardeau County4
- Scott County4
- Dunklin County3
- Pemiscot County3
- Greene County3
- Stone County3
- Howell County3
- Oregon County3
- Shannon County3
- Texas County3
- Andrew County3
- Adair County3
- Gentry County3
- Grundy County3
- Linn County3
- Livingston County3
- Macon County3
- Mercer County3
75 more counties
- Putnam County3
- Sullivan County3
- Boone County3
- Crawford County3
- Franklin County3
- Gasconade County3
- Jefferson County3
- Knox County3
- Lewis County3
- Marion County3
- Monroe County3
- Osage County3
- Sainte Genevieve County3
- Saint Francois County3
- Shelby County3
- Washington County3
- Jasper County3
- Iron County3
- Reynolds County3
- Butler County3
- Carter County3
- Madison County3
- New Madrid County3
- Perry County3
- Ripley County3
- Stoddard County3
- Wayne County3
- Atchison County2
- Buchanan County2
- Holt County2
- Nodaway County2
- Caldwell County2
- Clinton County2
- Daviess County2
- DeKalb County2
- Harrison County2
- Schuyler County2
- Worth County2
- Carroll County2
- Chariton County2
- Howard County2
- Randolph County2
- Saline County2
- Camden County2
- Cole County2
- Dade County2
- Dallas County2
- Dent County2
- Laclede County2
- Maries County2
- Miller County2
- Moniteau County2
- Morgan County2
- Phelps County2
- Polk County2
- Pulaski County2
- Clark County2
- Barton County1
- Bates County1
- Benton County1
- Cass County1
- Cedar County1
- Clay County1
- Cooper County1
- Henry County1
- Hickory County1
- Jackson County1
- Johnson County1
- Lafayette County1
- Pettis County1
- Platte County1
- Ray County1
- St. Clair County1
- Vernon 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.