Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Watches / 2026
Tornado Watches in Missouri, March 2026
8 tornado watches in March 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 March 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 8
- Busiest day
- March 6, 20262 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Camden County3
- Christian County3
- Douglas County3
- Stone County3
- Taney County3
- Barry County2
- Barton County2
- Bates County2
- Benton County2
- Cass County2
- Cedar County2
- Cooper County2
- Dade County2
- Dallas County2
- Dent County2
- Greene County2
- Henry County2
- Hickory County2
- Jasper County2
- Johnson County2
- Laclede County2
- Lafayette County2
- Lawrence County2
- McDonald County2
- Maries County2
- Miller County2
- Morgan County2
- Newton County2
- Pettis County2
- Phelps County2
- Polk County2
- Pulaski County2
- St. Clair County2
- Saline County2
- Texas County2
- Vernon County2
- Webster County2
- Wright County2
- Adair County2
- Caldwell County2
73 more counties
- Carroll County2
- Chariton County2
- Clark County2
- Clay County2
- Clinton County2
- Daviess County2
- Grundy County2
- Howard County2
- Jackson County2
- Linn County2
- Livingston County2
- Macon County2
- Platte County2
- Putnam County2
- Randolph County2
- Ray County2
- Schuyler County2
- Scotland County2
- Sullivan County2
- Howell County2
- Oregon County2
- Ozark County2
- Shannon County2
- Andrew County1
- Atchison County1
- Gentry County1
- Harrison County1
- Holt County1
- Nodaway County1
- Worth County1
- Buchanan County1
- DeKalb County1
- Mercer County1
- Knox County1
- Lewis County1
- Marion County1
- Monroe County1
- Shelby County1
- Audrain County1
- Callaway County1
- Cole County1
- Crawford County1
- Franklin County1
- Gasconade County1
- Iron County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lincoln County1
- Madison County1
- Montgomery County1
- Osage County1
- Pike County1
- Ralls County1
- Reynolds County1
- Saint Charles County1
- Sainte Genevieve County1
- Saint Francois County1
- Saint Louis County1
- Warren County1
- Washington County1
- City of Saint Louis1
- Bollinger County1
- Butler County1
- Cape Girardeau County1
- Carter County1
- Dunklin County1
- Mississippi County1
- New Madrid County1
- Pemiscot County1
- Perry County1
- Ripley County1
- Scott County1
- Stoddard County1
- Wayne County1
Nearby
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.