Weather alerts in South Dakota, May 1998

115 weather alerts in May 1998, 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 May 1998. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 115
Warnings: 106
Watches: 9
Advisories: 0
Busiest day: May 30, 199832 alerts

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 11, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Bon Homme	31 min
May 13, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer	45 min
May 13, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Pennington	47 min
May 14, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Gregory	35 min
May 14, 7:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Charles Mix, Davison and 10 more	6 hr
May 14, 7:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Gregory	34 min
May 14, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Tripp	34 min
May 14, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Charles Mix	35 min
May 14, 7:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Gregory	35 min
May 14, 7:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Lyman	46 min
May 14, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Tripp	31 min
May 14, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Aurora, Brule	32 min
May 14, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Gregory	25 min
May 14, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Gregory	15 min
May 14, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Aurora	35 min
May 14, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Gregory	18 min
May 14, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Lyman	50 min
May 14, 9:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Aurora	34 min
May 14, 9:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Aurora	19 min
May 14, 9:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Davison, Sanborn	32 min
May 14, 9:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Sanborn	32 min
May 14, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Codington, Day	29 min
May 14, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Grant, Roberts	47 min
May 14, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Kingsbury	32 min
May 14, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Day	46 min
May 14, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Kingsbury	34 min
May 14, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hamlin	49 min
May 14, 11:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Lyman	34 min
May 15, 2:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Beadle	33 min
May 15, 3:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Codington, Hamlin	30 min
May 15, 4:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Grant	33 min
May 15, 10:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Union	28 min
May 15, 11:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Union	35 min
May 15, 2:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABR	Spink	4 hr
May 15, 2:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABR	Spink	4 hr
May 20, 2:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Custer, Fall River	6 hr
May 20, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Fall River	49 min
May 20, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bennett, Butte, Haakon, Jackson, Lawrence, Meade and 5 more	7 hr
May 20, 5:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Fall River	33 min
May 20, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Pennington	35 min
May 20, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer	50 min
May 20, 5:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Fall River	31 min
May 20, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Pennington	47 min
May 20, 6:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Fall River	34 min
May 20, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Fall River	49 min
May 20, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Fall River	35 min
May 20, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Jackson, Pennington	32 min
May 20, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR		51 min
May 20, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Fall River	34 min
May 20, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer	36 min
May 20, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Todd	30 min
May 23, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Fall River	49 min
May 23, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Fall River	35 min
May 25, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Pennington	46 min
May 25, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Pennington	37 min
May 25, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Pennington	32 min
May 25, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Pennington	31 min
May 26, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Fall River	30 min
May 28, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Minnehaha	32 min
May 28, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Union	33 min
May 28, 7:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Union	18 min
May 28, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Todd	35 min
May 29, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Fall River	49 min
May 29, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer	46 min
May 29, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bennett, Jackson, Jones, Mellette, Oglala Lakota, Pennington and 1 more	6 hr
May 29, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer	47 min
May 29, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR		65 min
May 30, 1:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR		46 min
May 30, 2:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR		49 min
May 30, 2:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Bennett, Todd	46 min
May 30, 2:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Bennett	33 min
May 30, 3:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR		34 min
May 30, 3:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Bennett	47 min
May 30, 3:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Marshall	61 min
May 30, 3:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Roberts	62 min
May 30, 4:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aurora, Beadle, Bennett, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule and 32 more	6 hr
May 30, 4:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Todd	46 min
May 30, 6:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Tripp	47 min
May 30, 8:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Union	35 min
May 30, 9:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Union	34 min
May 30, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Harding	63 min
May 30, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte	46 min
May 30, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Harding, Perkins	64 min
May 30, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Beadle, Brown, Buffalo, Butte, Campbell, Corson and 20 more	6 hr
May 30, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Harding, Meade, Perkins	58 min
May 30, 4:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Brookings, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant and 7 more	6 hr
May 30, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Pennington	34 min
May 30, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Haakon	60 min
May 30, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Haakon, Jackson	45 min
May 30, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Jones, Stanley	62 min
May 30, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Faulk, Hand	60 min
May 30, 6:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Hand	51 min
May 30, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Beadle	35 min
May 30, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Spink	33 min
May 30, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Clark, Codington	64 min
May 30, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Tripp	48 min
May 30, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Clark, Codington	59 min
May 30, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Beadle	32 min
May 30, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hamlin	65 min
May 30, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Sanborn	30 min
May 30, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Davison, Hanson	31 min
May 30, 8:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Hanson	33 min
May 30, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Deuel	34 min
May 30, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Miner	31 min
May 30, 8:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Aurora, Bon Homme, Clay, Davison, Douglas, Hanson and 7 more	7 hr
May 30, 8:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	McCook	33 min
May 30, 8:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Hanson	35 min
May 30, 9:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	McCook	36 min
May 30, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lake, Moody	31 min
May 30, 9:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Minnehaha	50 min
May 30, 9:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Turner	32 min
May 30, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln	32 min
May 30, 9:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Lincoln	24 min
May 30, 10:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Minnehaha	6 hr
May 30, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln	32 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	81
Tornado Warning	23
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	3
Tornado Watch	6
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	2

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

26 more counties

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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.