Alert archive / South Dakota / 2012
Weather alerts in South Dakota, February 2012
55 weather alerts in February 2012, 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 February 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 55
- Warnings
- 10
- Watches
- 9
- Advisories
- 32
- Busiest day
- February 22, 201210 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 9:43 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Union | 14 hr |
| Feb 2, 5:33 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ABR | Marshall, Roberts | 3 hr |
| Feb 2, 5:45 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson, Day and 14 more | 42 hr |
| Feb 3, 12:42 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | Brookings, Kingsbury, Lake, Moody | 27 hr |
| Feb 3, 11:44 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | UNR | Butte, Custer, Harding, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:44 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ABR | Buffalo, Campbell, Edmunds, Faulk, Hand, Hughes and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:52 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | Clay, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Moody, Union | 11 hr |
| Feb 7, 4:13 AM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Jackson, Meade, Mellette and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:48 AM CST | Wind Advisory | UNR | Butte, Haakon, Harding, Meade, Pennington, Perkins and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:00 PM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | ABR | Roberts | 12 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:08 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Clay, Union | 22 hr |
| Feb 13, 8:59 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | Clay, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Turner, Union, Yankton | 13 hr |
| Feb 15, 5:19 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Brookings, Davison, Hanson, Kingsbury, Lake, McCook and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:37 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Day and 18 more | 33 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:31 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Bennett, Haakon, Jackson, Mellette, Oglala Lakota, Todd and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:43 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 29 hr |
| Feb 21, 4:45 AM CST | High Wind Watch | UNR | Butte, Haakon, Harding, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:33 PM CST | High Wind Watch | UNR | Butte, Harding, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington, Perkins | 23 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:33 PM CST | Wind Advisory | UNR | Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Harding and 10 more | 51 hr |
| Feb 22, 9:01 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Custer, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 8 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:03 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:03 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Beadle, Brookings, Kingsbury, Lake, McCook, Miner and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:52 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ABR | Clark, Edmunds, Faulk, Hamlin, Hand, Potter and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:52 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Codington, Corson, Day and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 22, 4:02 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Beadle, Brookings, Davison, Hanson, Hutchinson, Jerauld and 10 more | 29 hr |
| Feb 22, 4:02 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Hanson, Jerauld, Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha, Sanborn and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 22, 4:09 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Gregory, Union, Yankton | 26 hr |
| Feb 22, 5:18 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | UNR | Custer, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 12 hr |
| Feb 22, 5:18 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Custer, Haakon, Harding, Meade, Perkins, Ziebach | 16 hr |
| Feb 22, 9:53 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Faulk, Hand and 5 more | 17 hr |
| Feb 22, 9:53 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Edmunds, Faulk, Hand, Jones, Lyman, McPherson and 2 more | 17 hr |
| Feb 22, 10:39 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brule, Clay, Douglas and 6 more | 22 hr |
| Feb 23, 9:11 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Custer, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 19 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:36 PM CST | Wind Advisory | UNR | Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Harding and 10 more | 47 hr |
| Feb 25, 11:06 AM CST | Wind Advisory | UNR | Bennett, Butte, Custer, Haakon, Harding, Jackson and 8 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:24 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson, Day and 12 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:40 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ABR | Buffalo, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Lyman and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:54 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | UNR | Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Harding and 10 more | 47 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:54 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Custer, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 24 hr |
| Feb 25, 4:09 PM CST | High Wind Warning | UNR | Butte, Haakon, Harding, Meade, Pennington, Perkins and 1 more | 19 hr |
| Feb 25, 8:49 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 21 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:21 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 26, 4:06 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison and 14 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:20 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:25 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Brookings, Brule, Jerauld, Kingsbury and 4 more | 57 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:25 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas and 9 more | 57 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:19 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Corson, Day, Dewey and 15 more | 47 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:19 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant and 7 more | 47 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:54 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | UNR | Butte, Haakon, Harding, Jackson, Lawrence, Meade and 3 more | 41 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:54 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Mellette, Oglala Lakota, Pennington and 2 more | 45 hr |
| Feb 28, 6:18 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Union | 5 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:43 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beadle, Brookings, Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Day and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:30 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Bon Homme, Clay, Hanson, Hutchinson, Lincoln, McCook and 4 more | 28 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:43 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Campbell, Corson, Day, Dewey, Edmunds and 20 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:41 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Day, Grant, McPherson, Marshall, Roberts | 6 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 7 |
| Blizzard Watch | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 6 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 16 |
| Cold | |
| Extreme Cold Warning | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 8 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 7 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Meade County17
- Pennington County16
- Hand County14
- Spink County13
- Roberts County12
- Day County12
- Faulk County12
- McPherson County12
- Moody County12
- Custer County12
- Perkins County12
- Minnehaha County12
- Union County11
- Campbell County11
- Edmunds County11
- Hyde County11
- Potter County11
- Walworth County11
- Lake County11
- Harding County11
- Lawrence County11
- Ziebach County11
- Haakon County11
- Marshall County10
- Brown County10
- Brookings County10
- Kingsbury County10
- Butte County10
- Buffalo County10
- Lincoln County10
- Clark County9
- Codington County9
- Deuel County9
- Grant County9
- Hamlin County9
- Hughes County9
- Sully County9
- Clay County9
- McCook County9
- Corson County8
26 more counties
- Dewey County8
- Jackson County8
- Mellette County8
- Turner County8
- Hanson County8
- Miner County8
- Jones County8
- Lyman County8
- Beadle County8
- Bennett County7
- Oglala Lakota County7
- Todd County7
- Tripp County7
- Stanley County7
- Hutchinson County7
- Jerauld County7
- Sanborn County7
- Yankton County6
- Davison County6
- Aurora County6
- Brule County6
- Fall River County5
- Bon Homme County5
- Charles Mix County5
- Douglas County5
- Gregory County5
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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.