1. Severe Wx Products
  2. Storm Prediction Center Convective Watch Archive

This application presents a browsable archive of SPC issued tornado and severe thunderstorm watches. Each sequential watch is assigned a numeric ID, which uniquely identifies a watch for each year. Up until 2006, the polygon was the valid area of the watch. Since then, the valid area is issued by county and marine zone.

Related Links: View This Watch on SPC Website   Download Watches   List PDS Watches

All active watches at issuance:

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Type:TOR
Watch #:
SAW Issuance201710231758-KWNS-WWUS30-SAW8
SEL Issuance201710231800-KWNS-WWUS20-SEL8
Watch Probs201710231755-KWNS-WWUS40-WWP8
Issue:2017-10-23 18:00 UTC
Expired/Cancelled:2017-10-24 02:04 UTC
WOU Outline Shapefiles19Z, 20Z, 21Z, 22Z, 23Z, 00Z, 01Z, 02Z,

Archive Status:

  • Watch archive should be complete back to 1997.
  • RADAR composite is mostly complete back to 1997.
  • Local Storm Reports are available after 2002.

Initial Watch Box and Watch By County Outline


Local Storm Reports:

Watch Polygon (KML):

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Watch Polygon (GeoJSON):

{"type":"MultiPolygon","coordinates":[[[[-79.48,36.61],[-80.15,32.79],[-82.2,32.79],[-81.65,36.61],[-79.48,36.61]]]]}