Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Missouri, 2024
43 tornado watches in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 43
- Busiest month
- May18 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 8, 20245 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Chariton and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audrain, Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Bollinger and 67 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Butler, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Ripley and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrew, Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Buchanan and 46 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 1, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 1, 10:37 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Camden, Christian, Crawford, Dallas, Dent and 31 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Perry, Scott, Wayne | 5 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:08 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:22 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Chariton and 25 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Clark, Knox, Lewis and 7 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 26, 12:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atchison, Holt, Nodaway | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:12 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, St. Clair, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Cass, Clay and 11 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barton, Bates, Benton, Carroll, Cass, Cedar and 19 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Knox, Lewis, Scotland, Shelby | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole, Franklin and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Benton, Cedar, Christian, Dade and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Douglas, McDonald, Newton, Ozark, Stone and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Holt and 2 more | 7 hr |
| May 6, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atchison, Holt | 8 hr |
| May 6, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton and 54 more | 7 hr |
| May 7, 12:53 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audrain, Bollinger, Boone, Butler, Callaway, Carter and 38 more | 7 hr |
| May 7, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Butler, Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard | 7 hr |
| May 8, 12:56 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 5 hr |
| May 8, 1:57 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard | 4 hr |
| May 8, 10:29 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Franklin and 15 more | 8 hr |
| May 8, 11:59 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade and 24 more | 7 hr |
| May 8, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Christian and 32 more | 9 hr |
| May 8, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 7 hr |
| May 21, 11:10 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atchison | 5 hr |
| May 21, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton and 51 more | 7 hr |
| May 21, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Clark, Cole, Crawford and 35 more | 6 hr |
| May 25, 9:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cass and 23 more | 8 hr |
| May 26, 2:35 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Camden, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Christian and 33 more | 7 hr |
| May 26, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 19 more | 5 hr |
| May 26, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Cole, Crawford and 33 more | 7 hr |
| May 26, 10:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atchison | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Chariton and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Clark, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 30, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrew, Barton, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 4, 1:35 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Douglas and 13 more | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Stone County13
- Taney County13
- Barry County12
- Christian County12
- Greene County12
- Newton County12
- Clay County11
- Barton County11
- Douglas County11
- Jasper County11
- Laclede County11
- McDonald County11
- Polk County11
- Vernon County11
- Wright County11
- Andrew County10
- Cass County10
- DeKalb County10
- Holt County10
- Jackson County10
- Johnson County10
- Platte County10
- Camden County10
- Cedar County10
- Dade County10
- Dallas County10
- Hickory County10
- Lawrence County10
- Phelps County10
- Pulaski County10
- St. Clair County10
- Texas County10
- Webster County10
- Gentry County10
- Nodaway County10
- Worth County10
- Buchanan County9
- Clinton County9
- Daviess County9
- Ray County9
75 more counties
- Saline County9
- Benton County9
- Crawford County9
- Franklin County9
- Gasconade County9
- Ozark County9
- Washington County9
- Scott County9
- Harrison County9
- Caldwell County8
- Carroll County8
- Chariton County8
- Lafayette County8
- Linn County8
- Livingston County8
- Pettis County8
- Bates County8
- Dent County8
- Henry County8
- Howell County8
- Iron County8
- Jefferson County8
- Miller County8
- Reynolds County8
- Mississippi County8
- New Madrid County8
- Cooper County7
- Howard County7
- Randolph County7
- Bollinger County7
- Carter County7
- Madison County7
- Maries County7
- Morgan County7
- Oregon County7
- Osage County7
- Perry County7
- Saint Charles County7
- Sainte Genevieve County7
- Saint Francois County7
- Saint Louis County7
- Shannon County7
- Warren County7
- Wayne County7
- City of Saint Louis7
- Butler County7
- Stoddard County7
- Grundy County7
- Atchison County7
- Macon County6
- Audrain County6
- Boone County6
- Callaway County6
- Cape Girardeau County6
- Cole County6
- Marion County6
- Moniteau County6
- Monroe County6
- Montgomery County6
- Pike County6
- Ralls County6
- Dunklin County6
- Pemiscot County6
- Ripley County6
- Mercer County6
- Putnam County6
- Sullivan County6
- Lincoln County5
- Shelby County5
- Adair County5
- Schuyler County5
- Clark County4
- Knox County4
- Lewis County4
- Scotland County4
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.