Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Watches / 2026
Tornado Watches in Missouri, May 2026
4 tornado watches in May 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 May 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 4
- Busiest day
- May 18, 20263 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Gentry County3
- Harrison County3
- Mercer County3
- Nodaway County3
- Worth County3
- Adair County2
- Caldwell County2
- Daviess County2
- DeKalb County2
- Grundy County2
- Linn County2
- Livingston County2
- Macon County2
- Putnam County2
- Schuyler County2
- Sullivan County2
- Andrew County2
- Atchison County2
- Holt County2
- Buchanan County1
- Bates County1
- Carroll County1
- Cass County1
- Chariton County1
- Clay County1
- Clinton County1
- Cooper County1
- Henry County1
- Howard County1
- Jackson County1
- Johnson County1
- Lafayette County1
- Pettis County1
- Platte County1
- Randolph County1
- Ray County1
- Saline 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.