Alert archive / South Dakota / 2008
Weather alerts in South Dakota, April 2008
60 weather alerts in April 2008, 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 April 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 60
- Warnings
- 23
- Watches
- 9
- Advisories
- 19
- Busiest day
- April 24, 20089 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 10:46 AM CDT | Snow Advisory | UNR | Harding, Perkins | 17 hr |
| Apr 5, 11:44 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson, Day and 16 more | 21 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:36 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | UNR | Butte, Haakon, Harding, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 6, 6:35 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson, Day and 11 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 6, 11:23 PM CDT | Blowing Snow Advisory | ABR | Clark, Day, Marshall, Roberts | 4 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:43 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Jackson, Lawrence and 6 more | 49 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:42 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel and 16 more | 36 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:47 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 17 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:04 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | UNR | Bennett, Haakon, Jackson, Lawrence, Meade, Oglala Lakota and 1 more | 44 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:04 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Custer, Fall River, Jackson, Meade, Oglala Lakota, Pennington | 44 hr |
| Apr 9, 7:45 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel and 9 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:00 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 12 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:49 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel and 16 more | 35 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:10 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 17 more | 32 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:10 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay, Gregory, Lake and 7 more | 32 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:16 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | UNR | Mellette, Todd, Tripp | 32 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aurora, Bon Homme, Brule, Buffalo, Charles Mix, Davison and 12 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 10, 7:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aurora, Beadle, Brookings, Brown, Brule, Buffalo and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:59 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Edmunds, Faulk and 8 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 11, 5:11 AM CDT | Blowing Snow Advisory | UNR | Mellette, Todd, Tripp | 14 hr |
| Apr 11, 5:11 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | UNR | Bennett, Butte, Custer, Haakon, Harding, Jackson and 5 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:24 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | 13 hr | |
| Apr 14, 3:28 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | 14 hr | |
| Apr 14, 3:48 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:53 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:59 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | 12 hr | |
| Apr 14, 4:11 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | UNR | Mellette, Todd, Tripp | 27 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:07 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | 10 hr | |
| Apr 20, 3:16 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison and 6 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 20, 4:20 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Corson, Day and 16 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 20, 4:28 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | 11 hr | |
| Apr 20, 4:29 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | UNR | Mellette, Todd, Tripp | 11 hr |
| Apr 20, 7:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bennett, Butte, Corson, Custer, Dewey, Fall River and 12 more | 55 min |
| Apr 21, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Corson | 21 min |
| Apr 21, 11:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brookings, Deuel, Grant, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Moody and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 23, 1:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Custer, Fall River, Oglala Lakota, Pennington | 2 hr |
| Apr 23, 1:18 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 7 hr | |
| Apr 23, 5:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bennett, Haakon, Hughes, Hyde, Jackson, Jones and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Fall River | 55 min |
| Apr 23, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Jackson, Jones and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Fall River | 57 min |
| Apr 23, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Tripp | 51 min |
| Apr 23, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | 58 min | |
| Apr 23, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Meade, Perkins | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Meade | 38 min |
| Apr 23, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | 55 min | |
| Apr 23, 10:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bennett, Jones, Lyman, Mellette, Todd, Tripp | 88 min |
| Apr 23, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | 60 min | |
| Apr 23, 11:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | UNR | 6 hr | |
| Apr 25, 3:45 AM CDT | Snow Advisory | FSD | Brookings, Kingsbury, Lake, Moody | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:53 AM CDT | Snow Advisory | ABR | Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 6:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 7:56 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 25, 8:12 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 15 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 25, 12:24 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ABR | Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin and 3 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Turner | 23 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:33 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | UNR | Meade, Pennington | 11 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:38 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | UNR | Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Harding, Jackson and 5 more | 34 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:38 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | UNR | Butte, Custer, Fall River, Harding, Lawrence, Meade and 1 more | 58 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bennett, Fall River, Jackson, Oglala Lakota | 117 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 | 9 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 9 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 7 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 4 |
| Blowing Snow Advisory | 2 |
| Snow Advisory | 3 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 6 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 7 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 3 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 3 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clark County13
- Day County12
- Grant County12
- Marshall County12
- Roberts County12
- Pennington County12
- Codington County11
- Hamlin County11
- Meade County11
- Spink County10
- Fall River County10
- Mellette County10
- Tripp County10
- Deuel County10
- Brookings County10
- Brule County10
- Moody County10
- Brown County9
- Faulk County9
- Hyde County9
- Bennett County9
- Jackson County9
- Oglala Lakota County9
- Todd County9
- Jones County9
- Lyman County9
- Aurora County9
- Charles Mix County9
- Davison County9
- Douglas County9
- Gregory County9
- Hanson County9
- Hutchinson County9
- Jerauld County9
- Lake County9
- McCook County9
- Sanborn County9
- Edmunds County8
- Hand County8
- Stanley County8
26 more counties
- Custer County8
- Buffalo County8
- Beadle County8
- Bon Homme County8
- Kingsbury County8
- Miner County8
- Corson County7
- Hughes County7
- McPherson County7
- Potter County7
- Sully County7
- Haakon County7
- Lincoln County7
- Minnehaha County7
- Turner County7
- Harding County6
- Perkins County6
- Dewey County6
- Lawrence County6
- Yankton County6
- Campbell County5
- Walworth County5
- Butte County5
- Clay County5
- Ziebach County3
- Union County3
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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.