Weather alerts in South Dakota, 1988
119 weather alerts in 1988, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 119
- Warnings
- 119
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- July40 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 26, 198810 alerts
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Mellette | 49 min |
| May 6, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Stanley | 60 min |
| May 6, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Corson, Dewey | 61 min |
| May 7, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington | 65 min |
| May 7, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Day | 35 min |
| May 7, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Marshall | 69 min |
| May 20, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hutchinson, Yankton | 57 min |
| May 20, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Yankton | 38 min |
| May 20, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Hutchinson, McCook, Turner, Yankton | 62 min |
| May 20, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson | 62 min |
| May 25, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Lyman | 60 min |
| May 25, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Hand | 58 min |
| May 25, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Buffalo | 57 min |
| May 25, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Lyman | 69 min |
| May 25, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Lyman | 27 min |
| May 25, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Lyman | 65 min |
| May 25, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Tripp | 65 min |
| May 25, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule | 65 min |
| May 26, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Pennington | 34 min |
| May 26, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer, Pennington | 30 min |
| May 26, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds, McPherson | 58 min |
| May 26, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Edmunds, Faulk | 56 min |
| May 29, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 50 min |
| May 29, 2:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake, McCook, Minnehaha | 69 min |
| May 31, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Turner | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 8:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Walworth | 55 min |
| Jun 13, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Sanborn | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Todd | 63 min |
| Jun 13, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Lyman, Stanley | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Buffalo | 42 min |
| Jun 13, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hughes | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Tripp | 57 min |
| Jun 16, 9:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Gregory, Tripp | 117 min |
| Jun 22, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer, Pennington | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Haakon | 53 min |
| Jun 24, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Jackson, Pennington | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | McPherson | 56 min |
| Jun 24, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Roberts | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | McPherson | 59 min |
| Jul 9, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown | 63 min |
| Jul 9, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds | 58 min |
| Jul 9, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hyde | 55 min |
| Jul 9, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Pennington | 59 min |
| Jul 9, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk, Spink | 59 min |
| Jul 9, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand | 60 min |
| Jul 12, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown | 57 min |
| Jul 12, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Brown | 26 min |
| Jul 12, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Brown | 25 min |
| Jul 12, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Brown | 27 min |
| Jul 12, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Spink | 59 min |
| Jul 12, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark | 58 min |
| Jul 12, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Codington, Hamlin | 69 min |
| Jul 16, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Jackson | 41 min |
| Jul 16, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Bennett | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Todd | 67 min |
| Jul 16, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Mellette, Todd, Tripp | 57 min |
| Jul 16, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Tripp | 40 min |
| Jul 17, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer, Pennington | 62 min |
| Jul 17, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Fall River | 58 min |
| Jul 17, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Fall River | 54 min |
| Jul 17, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | 60 min | |
| Jul 17, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Bennett | 50 min |
| Jul 23, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown | 64 min |
| Jul 23, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Hyde | 31 min |
| Jul 23, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Brule | 29 min |
| Jul 23, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Beadle | 61 min |
| Jul 23, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule, Charles Mix, Gregory | 65 min |
| Jul 23, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Tripp | 65 min |
| Jul 23, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Jerauld | 67 min |
| Jul 23, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule | 36 min |
| Jul 23, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule, Gregory | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Spink | 56 min |
| Jul 28, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Hand | 35 min |
| Jul 29, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hutchinson, McCook, Turner | 67 min |
| Jul 29, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson | 67 min |
| Jul 29, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | McCook | 67 min |
| Jul 29, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Gregory | 29 min |
| Aug 1, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Stanley | 46 min |
| Aug 1, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds | 60 min |
| Aug 1, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hyde | 58 min |
| Aug 1, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand | 69 min |
| Aug 1, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Codington | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Day | 56 min |
| Aug 3, 9:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Beadle | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 10:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Beadle | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Douglas | 58 min |
| Aug 3, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Gregory | 58 min |
| Aug 3, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Hutchinson, Yankton | 61 min |
| Aug 3, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix | 61 min |
| Aug 3, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Lincoln, Turner | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Turner | 65 min |
| Aug 11, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, McPherson | 58 min |
| Aug 11, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Marshall | 59 min |
| Aug 13, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Perkins | 66 min |
| Aug 13, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey | 64 min |
| Aug 13, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Potter | 67 min |
| Aug 13, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey | 66 min |
| Aug 16, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Marshall | 67 min |
| Aug 19, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Pennington | 60 min |
| Aug 19, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer | 64 min |
| Aug 19, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Fall River | 66 min |
| Aug 19, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer, Fall River | 56 min |
| Aug 20, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Haakon | 45 min |
| Aug 20, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Potter | 62 min |
| Aug 21, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Davison | 66 min |
| Aug 21, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Douglas | 56 min |
| Aug 21, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison | 53 min |
| Aug 21, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson, Hutchinson | 44 min |
| Aug 21, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Turner | 58 min |
| Aug 22, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 29 min |
| Aug 22, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Union | 65 min |
| Aug 31, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Marshall | 55 min |
| Aug 31, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Spink | 58 min |
| Aug 31, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown | 57 min |
| Aug 31, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Day, Marshall | 64 min |
| Sep 18, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Gregory | 25 min |
| Sep 18, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix | 56 min |
| Sep 18, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora | 53 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 109 |
| Tornado Warning | 9 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Brown County16
- Pennington County7
- Turner County6
- Tripp County6
- Gregory County6
- Charles Mix County6
- Marshall County5
- Hutchinson County5
- Clay County5
- Lyman County5
- Brule County5
- Custer County5
- Dewey County4
- Yankton County4
- McCook County4
- Hand County4
- Edmunds County4
- McPherson County4
- Lincoln County4
- Spink County4
- Fall River County4
- Aurora County4
- Davison County4
- Stanley County3
- Codington County3
- Day County3
- Hanson County3
- Buffalo County3
- Todd County3
- Hyde County3
- Clark County3
- Beadle County3
- Douglas County3
- Mellette County2
- Corson County2
- Faulk County2
- Haakon County2
- Jackson County2
- Bennett County2
- Potter County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19871989
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.