Is there a tornado watch right now?
No: there are no tornado watches or tornado warnings in effect in the U.S. right now.
The last tornado watch was Tornado Watch 679 for parts of Georgia and South Carolina, issued Oct 10, 1:50 PM EDT and in effect until Oct 10, 8:13 PM EDT. The Storm Prediction Center issued 176 tornado watches in the past 12 months.
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In effect now · 0 tornado watches, 0 warnings
A tornado watch, from the NWS Storm Prediction Center, means tornadoes are possible in and near the watch area. A tornado warning, from your local NWS office, means a tornado is occurring or imminent: take shelter now if you are in one.
None. The Storm Prediction Center issues a tornado watch a few hours ahead when storms could produce tornadoes; a local NWS office issues a tornado warning when a tornado is seen or indicated by radar.
Past 12 months · 176 tornado watches
Tornado watches the NWS Storm Prediction Center issued, by month, from the SPC watch archive kept by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet. Times are U.S. Eastern.
- October 20263 tornado watches
- September 20263 tornado watches
- August 20261 tornado watch
- July 20267 tornado watches
- June 202638 tornado watches
- May 202620 tornado watches
- April 202643 tornado watches
- March 202638 tornado watches
- February 20266 tornado watches
- January 20264 tornado watches
- December 20252 tornado watches
- November 20255 tornado watches
- October 20256 tornado watches
Most recent
- Tornado Watch 679Georgia, South Carolina
- Tornado Watch 678Alabama, Florida, Georgia
- Tornado Watch 677Alabama, Florida, Georgia
- Tornado Watch 675Kansas
- Tornado Watch 669Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
- Tornado Watch 645New York
- Tornado Watch 605District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia
- Tornado Watch 536Missouri
- Tornado Watch 529District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia
- Tornado Watch 511Minnesota, North Dakota
LiveHazard is not an official warning service. If a tornado warning covers where you are, take shelter now and follow your local officials. Official watches: spc.noaa.gov; alerts: weather.gov/alerts.