Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Missouri, 2026
44 tornado watches in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 44
- Busiest month
- April17 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 15, 20263 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 8, 8:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | McDonald, Newton | 243 days |
| Mar 6, 3:16 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Gentry, Harrison, Holt, Nodaway and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 6, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cass and 32 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 6, 8:18 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clark and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Scotland | 10 hr |
| Mar 10, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Bates, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Chariton and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 10:18 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 15, 1:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audrain, Callaway, Camden, Christian, Cole, Crawford and 34 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Mississippi and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 1, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cass, Cedar and 22 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Chariton, Clark, Grundy, Knox, Lewis and 13 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clark and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 13, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bates, Cass, Henry, Jackson, Johnson | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Benton, Cedar, Christian, Dade and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole, Crawford and 30 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Scotland | 9 hr |
| Apr 17, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Barton, Bates, Benton, Buchanan and 40 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade and 16 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 23, 12:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Holt, Nodaway | 7 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barton, Bates, Benton, Cass, Cedar, Dade and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audrain, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Christian and 43 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Mississippi and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Mississippi and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 7 hr |
| May 16, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Caldwell, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy and 10 more | 6 hr |
| May 17, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Gentry, Harrison, Holt, Mercer and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 18, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry and 6 more | 6 hr |
| May 18, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Bates, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Chariton and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:12 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 24 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 10, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audrain, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Lincoln, Marion and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 7:31 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Linn, Macon and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Clark, Grundy, Knox, Lewis, Linn and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bates, Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Henry and 5 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, McDonald, Newton, Stone | 4 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:49 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Scotland | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Clark, Cole, Franklin and 18 more | 11 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bates, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Cooper, Dallas and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Perry, Sainte Genevieve | 9 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Mississippi | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole, Cooper and 31 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 14, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atchison | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Camden County11
- Adair County11
- Clark County11
- Linn County11
- Macon County11
- Putnam County11
- Schuyler County11
- Scotland County11
- Sullivan County11
- Bates County10
- Henry County10
- Hickory County10
- Grundy County10
- Livingston County10
- Mercer County10
- Nodaway County9
- Benton County9
- Cass County9
- Cedar County9
- Laclede County9
- Maries County9
- Miller County9
- Morgan County9
- Polk County9
- St. Clair County9
- Knox County9
- Lewis County9
- McDonald County8
- Andrew County8
- Gentry County8
- Harrison County8
- Worth County8
- Dallas County8
- Greene County8
- Johnson County8
- Phelps County8
- Pulaski County8
- Webster County8
- Wright County8
- Caldwell County8
75 more counties
- Clinton County8
- Daviess County8
- Jackson County8
- Randolph County8
- Marion County8
- Monroe County8
- Shelby County8
- Ralls County8
- Newton County7
- Atchison County7
- Holt County7
- Barton County7
- Christian County7
- Cooper County7
- Dade County7
- Dent County7
- Douglas County7
- Lafayette County7
- Lawrence County7
- Pettis County7
- Stone County7
- Texas County7
- Vernon County7
- Buchanan County7
- Chariton County7
- Clay County7
- DeKalb County7
- Howard County7
- Platte County7
- Ray County7
- Audrain County7
- Lincoln County7
- Pike County7
- Barry County6
- Jasper County6
- Saline County6
- Taney County6
- Carroll County6
- Ozark County6
- Callaway County6
- Cole County6
- Franklin County6
- Gasconade County6
- Montgomery County6
- Osage County6
- Warren County6
- Howell County5
- Oregon County5
- Shannon County5
- Jefferson County5
- Saint Charles County5
- Saint Louis County5
- City of Saint Louis5
- Perry County5
- Boone County5
- Moniteau County5
- Crawford County4
- Washington County4
- Dunklin County4
- Mississippi County4
- Pemiscot County4
- Iron County3
- Reynolds County3
- Sainte Genevieve County3
- Bollinger County3
- Butler County3
- Cape Girardeau County3
- Carter County3
- New Madrid County3
- Ripley County3
- Scott County3
- Stoddard County3
- Wayne County3
- Madison County2
- Saint Francois County2
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.