Alert archive / South Dakota / 2012
Weather alerts in South Dakota, May 2012
291 weather alerts in May 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 May 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 291
- Warnings
- 174
- Watches
- 18
- Advisories
- 16
- Busiest day
- May 5, 201266 alerts
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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 1, 2:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bon Homme, Brookings, Charles Mix, Clay, Codington, Davison and 17 more | 60 min |
| May 1, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bon Homme, Brookings, Clay, Deuel, Grant, Hanson and 11 more | 6 hr |
| May 1, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Gregory | 40 min |
| May 1, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Douglas | 28 min |
| May 1, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake, McCook | 27 min |
| May 1, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aurora, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas, Gregory | 4 hr |
| May 1, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Moody | 29 min |
| May 1, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Pennington | 38 min |
| May 1, 6:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brookings, Hanson, Hutchinson, Lake, Lincoln, McCook and 4 more | 94 min |
| May 1, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake, Minnehaha | 27 min |
| May 1, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hutchinson, Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha, Turner | 46 min |
| May 1, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Pennington | 38 min |
| May 1, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Meade | 62 min |
| May 1, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Butte | 60 min |
| May 1, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 33 min |
| May 1, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Pennington | 61 min |
| May 1, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Pennington | 57 min |
| May 1, 8:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Haakon | 54 min |
| May 1, 9:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Haakon | 31 min |
| May 2, 3:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Moody, Turner, Union and 1 more | 86 min |
| May 2, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Butte | 41 min |
| May 2, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Perkins | 49 min |
| May 2, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Pennington | 45 min |
| May 2, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Ziebach | 45 min |
| May 2, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Haakon | 46 min |
| May 2, 7:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Campbell, Corson, Day, Dewey, Edmunds and 11 more | 55 min |
| May 2, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Codington, Day, Grant | 47 min |
| May 2, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Potter, Sully | 53 min |
| May 2, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington, Day, Grant | 46 min |
| May 2, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Grant | 15 min |
| May 2, 10:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Union | 62 min |
| May 2, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Clark, Day, Spink | 41 min |
| May 2, 11:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Codington, Day, Grant, Roberts | 24 min |
| May 3, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Fall River | 56 min |
| May 4, 3:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Jackson | 43 min |
| May 4, 4:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Bennett | 42 min |
| May 4, 5:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Jackson | 44 min |
| May 4, 5:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Bennett, Jackson | 38 min |
| May 4, 5:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Jackson, Mellette, Todd | 58 min |
| May 4, 6:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Mellette, Todd, Tripp | 62 min |
| May 4, 6:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Jackson | 39 min |
| May 4, 6:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aurora, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison and 11 more | 116 min |
| May 4, 7:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Tripp | 26 min |
| May 4, 8:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Mellette | 45 min |
| May 4, 8:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Mellette | 41 min |
| May 4, 9:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Mellette, Tripp | 93 min |
| May 4, 1:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bon Homme, Clay, Hutchinson, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Turner and 2 more | 25 min |
| May 4, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha, Turner | 33 min |
| May 4, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Douglas, Gregory, Hutchinson and 5 more | 9 hr |
| May 4, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Union | 30 min |
| May 4, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson | 39 min |
| May 4, 3:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Douglas, Gregory, Hanson and 7 more | 53 min |
| May 4, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hutchinson, McCook, Turner | 18 min |
| May 4, 9:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Union | 96 min |
| May 5, 1:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Lawrence | 48 min |
| May 5, 2:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 56 min |
| May 5, 2:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Meade | 66 min |
| May 5, 3:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Hughes, Hyde, Jackson and 9 more | 84 min |
| May 5, 3:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bennett, Buffalo, Butte, Custer, Dewey, Fall River and 17 more | 9 hr |
| May 5, 3:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Pennington | 59 min |
| May 5, 3:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Lawrence | 43 min |
| May 5, 3:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Custer | 40 min |
| May 5, 3:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer, Lawrence, Pennington | 61 min |
| May 5, 4:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Haakon, Jackson, Pennington | 60 min |
| May 5, 4:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer, Pennington | 51 min |
| May 5, 5:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Jackson | 55 min |
| May 5, 5:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Custer | 48 min |
| May 5, 5:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer, Fall River | 66 min |
| May 5, 5:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Jackson, Mellette | 66 min |
| May 5, 6:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Tripp | 48 min |
| May 5, 6:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Jones | 50 min |
| May 5, 6:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Lyman | 39 min |
| May 5, 6:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Jackson, Pennington | 59 min |
| May 5, 6:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule, Charles Mix, Gregory | 23 min |
| May 5, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Pennington | 60 min |
| May 5, 6:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 7 hr |
| May 5, 6:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Lyman | 25 min |
| May 5, 6:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule, Charles Mix, Gregory | 37 min |
| May 5, 6:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Jones, Lyman | 47 min |
| May 5, 7:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule | 36 min |
| May 5, 7:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Jackson | 53 min |
| May 5, 7:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Lyman | 45 min |
| May 5, 7:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule | 40 min |
| May 5, 8:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule | 27 min |
| May 5, 8:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Davison | 29 min |
| May 5, 8:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule, Jerauld | 37 min |
| May 5, 8:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Hand | 25 min |
| May 5, 8:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Mellette | 42 min |
| May 5, 8:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson | 35 min |
| May 5, 8:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Davison, Sanborn | 23 min |
| May 5, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Hughes, Hyde, Lyman, Stanley, Sully | 47 min |
| May 5, 9:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Jones, Lyman | 42 min |
| May 5, 9:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson, Lake, McCook, Miner | 37 min |
| May 5, 9:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Davison, Hanson | 34 min |
| May 5, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake, McCook, Miner, Minnehaha | 25 min |
| May 5, 9:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson, McCook, Miner | 35 min |
| May 5, 9:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aurora, Beadle, Brookings, Brule, Buffalo, Davison and 13 more | 55 min |
| May 5, 9:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake, McCook, Minnehaha, Moody | 37 min |
| May 5, 9:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Hughes, Hyde, Lyman | 50 min |
| May 5, 10:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | McCook, Minnehaha | 34 min |
| May 5, 10:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Moody | 35 min |
| May 5, 10:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand, Spink | 31 min |
| May 5, 10:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Lake, Moody | 3 hr |
| May 5, 10:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle | 24 min |
| May 5, 10:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 48 min |
| May 5, 12:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings, Kingsbury | 27 min |
| May 5, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings | 23 min |
| May 5, 2:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Union | 96 min |
| May 5, 2:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel and 6 more | 8 hr |
| May 5, 3:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 13 hr |
| May 5, 3:48 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | UNR | Butte, Haakon, Harding, Meade, Pennington, Perkins and 1 more | 28 hr |
| May 5, 3:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Lincoln, Union, Yankton | 83 min |
| May 5, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bon Homme, Clay, Union, Yankton | 5 hr |
| May 5, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Custer | 58 min |
| May 5, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Davison, Sanborn | 25 min |
| May 5, 6:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison and 15 more | 84 min |
| May 5, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson, Miner, Sanborn | 50 min |
| May 5, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aurora, Beadle, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison and 14 more | 6 hr |
| May 5, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Davison, Kingsbury, Miner, Sanborn | 39 min |
| May 5, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson, McCook, Miner | 25 min |
| May 5, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson, Lake, McCook, Miner, Sanborn | 46 min |
| May 5, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings, Kingsbury, Miner, Sanborn | 45 min |
| May 5, 7:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson, Miner, Sanborn | 7 hr |
| May 5, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle, Kingsbury | 36 min |
| May 5, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington, Deuel, Hamlin | 57 min |
| May 5, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Codington, Hamlin | 61 min |
| May 5, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Gregory | 46 min |
| May 5, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson, Lake, McCook, Miner, Minnehaha and 1 more | 49 min |
| May 5, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings, Kingsbury | 29 min |
| May 5, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin | 57 min |
| May 5, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 5, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin, Roberts | 54 min |
| May 5, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings, Kingsbury | 48 min |
| May 5, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Codington, Hamlin | 47 min |
| May 5, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington, Deuel, Hamlin | 60 min |
| May 5, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule, Charles Mix | 44 min |
| May 5, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Grant, Roberts | 41 min |
| May 5, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings, Hanson, Lake, McCook, Miner, Minnehaha and 1 more | 48 min |
| May 5, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle, Kingsbury, Miner, Sanborn | 25 min |
| May 5, 9:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Lake, Miner | 7 hr |
| May 5, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington, Day, Grant, Marshall, Roberts | 41 min |
| May 5, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Grant, Roberts | 41 min |
| May 5, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Kingsbury, Miner, Sanborn | 23 min |
| May 5, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule | 28 min |
| May 5, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Deuel | 16 min |
| May 5, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings | 46 min |
| May 5, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake, McCook, Minnehaha, Moody | 48 min |
| May 5, 9:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brookings, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin, Lake, Moody | 84 min |
| May 5, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Kingsbury, Miner, Sanborn | 28 min |
| May 5, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bon Homme, Clay, Lincoln, Turner, Union, Yankton | 7 hr |
| May 5, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings | 38 min |
| May 5, 10:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Moody | 4 hr |
| May 5, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake, Minnehaha, Moody | 62 min |
| May 5, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings, Lake, Miner | 29 min |
| May 5, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings, Lake | 33 min |
| May 5, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson, Lake, McCook, Miner | 37 min |
| May 5, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings, Lake, Moody | 65 min |
| May 5, 11:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bon Homme, Clay, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson, Lincoln and 4 more | 89 min |
| May 5, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake, McCook, Miner, Minnehaha | 45 min |
| May 6, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake, McCook, Minnehaha, Moody | 38 min |
| May 6, 1:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FSD | Brookings, Hanson, Kingsbury, Lake, McCook, Miner and 2 more | 33 hr |
| May 6, 4:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Moody | 23 hr |
| May 6, 4:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Brookings, Moody | 29 hr |
| May 6, 4:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Minnehaha, Moody | 3 days |
| May 6, 4:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 4 days |
| May 6, 4:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Minnehaha | 4 days |
| May 6, 4:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Union | 7 days |
| May 6, 4:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Union | 7 days |
| May 6, 8:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | McCook | 4 days |
| May 6, 10:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson | 7 days |
| May 6, 10:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Hutchinson, Yankton | 5 days |
| May 6, 10:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Yankton | 44 hr |
| May 6, 10:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Turner | 71 hr |
| May 6, 10:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Turner | 5 days |
| May 6, 10:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Clay | 7 days |
| May 6, 6:58 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 3 days |
| May 7, 3:39 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | UNR | Harding, Meade, Perkins, Ziebach | 15 hr |
| May 7, 7:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 6 hr |
| May 7, 9:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 47 hr |
| May 7, 9:52 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Clark, Codington, Corson, Day, Deuel, Dewey and 4 more | 8 hr |
| May 10, 3:15 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | UNR | Bennett, Butte, Custer, Haakon, Harding, Jackson and 7 more | 20 hr |
| May 10, 4:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Corson, Perkins, Ziebach | 87 min |
| May 10, 5:06 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more | 10 hr |
| May 10, 9:33 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay and 12 more | 6 hr |
| May 11, 2:49 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Edmunds, Faulk and 9 more | 16 hr |
| May 16, 11:14 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Buffalo, Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Hughes, Hyde and 6 more | 7 hr |
| May 16, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Oglala Lakota | 27 min |
| May 17, 2:42 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin, Roberts | 5 hr |
| May 17, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Jackson | 42 min |
| May 17, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Jackson | 29 min |
| May 17, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Meade | 45 min |
| May 17, 8:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | 50 min | |
| May 18, 4:38 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | UNR | Butte, Custer, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 11 hr |
| May 18, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Lawrence | 41 min |
| May 18, 3:45 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | UNR | Butte, Custer, Meade, Pennington | 12 hr |
| May 18, 3:45 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | UNR | Butte, Custer, Haakon, Harding, Jackson, Lawrence and 5 more | 20 hr |
| May 18, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Lawrence, Meade | 46 min |
| May 18, 3:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Jackson, Jones and 3 more | 96 min |
| May 18, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Custer | 48 min |
| May 18, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Fall River | 30 min |
| May 18, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Oglala Lakota | 33 min |
| May 18, 5:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Fall River | 36 min |
| May 18, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Jackson | 30 min |
| May 18, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Oglala Lakota | 31 min |
| May 18, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Jackson | 27 min |
| May 18, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Jackson | 56 min |
| May 18, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Jackson | 61 min |
| May 18, 7:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brule, Buffalo, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Jackson and 5 more | 2 hr |
| May 18, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Haakon, Jackson | 65 min |
| May 18, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Haakon, Jackson, Mellette | 49 min |
| May 18, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Jones, Stanley | 44 min |
| May 19, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk | 30 min |
| May 19, 12:51 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beadle, Brule, Buffalo, Edmunds, Faulk, Hand and 12 more | 84 min |
| May 19, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Edmunds | 23 min |
| May 21, 2:51 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 29 hr |
| May 21, 3:02 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel and 14 more | 23 hr |
| May 21, 3:48 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | UNR | Todd, Tripp | 28 hr |
| May 21, 4:19 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | UNR | 14 hr | |
| May 21, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Todd | 53 min |
| May 21, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Todd | 40 min |
| May 22, 6:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | UNR | 14 hr | |
| May 22, 2:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aurora, Bennett, Brule, Buffalo, Campbell, Corson and 21 more | 91 min |
| May 22, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beadle, Brown, Brule, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark and 15 more | 7 hr |
| May 22, 6:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butte, Harding, Lawrence, Meade, Perkins | 94 min |
| May 22, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Edmunds, McPherson, Walworth | 41 min |
| May 22, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Harding | 49 min |
| May 22, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Mellette, Todd | 44 min |
| May 22, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, McPherson | 23 min |
| May 22, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Edmunds, McPherson, Walworth | 44 min |
| May 22, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Mellette | 22 min |
| May 22, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Jones, Lyman | 18 min |
| May 22, 7:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beadle, Brown, Brule, Buffalo, Campbell, Edmunds and 16 more | 90 min |
| May 22, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds, McPherson | 33 min |
| May 22, 8:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Perkins | 24 min |
| May 22, 8:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Marshall, Roberts | 64 min |
| May 22, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle | 29 min |
| May 22, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand | 26 min |
| May 23, 3:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Union | 29 hr |
| May 23, 2:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brookings, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin, Lake, McCook and 3 more | 86 min |
| May 23, 2:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Union | 94 min |
| May 23, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Union | 7 hr |
| May 23, 8:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lincoln, Union | 94 min |
| May 24, 9:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Union | 24 hr |
| May 24, 9:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Union | 24 hr |
| May 24, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Spink | 13 min |
| May 26, 1:58 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aurora, Bennett, Bon Homme, Brule, Buffalo, Charles Mix and 15 more | 92 min |
| May 26, 4:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule, Charles Mix, Gregory | 40 min |
| May 26, 4:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule, Davison | 40 min |
| May 26, 5:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beadle, Brookings, Brown, Clark, Codington, Day and 17 more | 92 min |
| May 26, 5:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson, McCook, Miner, Sanborn | 46 min |
| May 26, 6:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings, Kingsbury, Lake, Moody | 35 min |
| May 26, 10:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Moody | 20 hr |
| May 26, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Haakon | 63 min |
| May 26, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hughes, Jones, Lyman, Stanley, Sully | 30 min |
| May 26, 9:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bennett, Brule, Buffalo, Hughes, Jackson, Jerauld and 5 more | 53 min |
| May 26, 9:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Pennington | 41 min |
| May 26, 9:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Pennington | 38 min |
| May 26, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Sully | 46 min |
| May 26, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Day, Marshall | 66 min |
| May 26, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Edmunds, Faulk, Hand, Hyde, Potter, Sully | 62 min |
| May 26, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds, Faulk, McPherson | 51 min |
| May 26, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Marshall, Roberts | 25 min |
| May 26, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds, Faulk, Spink | 44 min |
| May 26, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Marshall | 32 min |
| May 26, 11:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Marshall | 93 min |
| May 27, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson, Dewey | 29 min |
| May 27, 3:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Union | 24 hr |
| May 27, 2:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Lincoln, Union | 62 min |
| May 27, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bon Homme, Brookings, Clay, Hutchinson, Lake, Lincoln and 6 more | 8 hr |
| May 27, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Union | 33 min |
| May 27, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 32 min |
| May 27, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Perkins | 59 min |
| May 27, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 36 min |
| May 27, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Yankton | 44 min |
| May 27, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Minnehaha | 40 min |
| May 27, 6:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Union | 5 days |
| May 27, 6:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Union | 6 days |
| May 27, 6:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Turner, Union, Yankton | 2 hr |
| May 27, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Union | 34 min |
| May 27, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Perkins | 60 min |
| May 27, 7:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Clay, Lincoln, Union | 7 hr |
| May 27, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 29 min |
| May 27, 8:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Perkins | 61 min |
| May 27, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Union | 27 min |
| May 27, 9:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Clay, Union | 4 hr |
| May 27, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Union | 10 min |
| May 28, 4:41 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | UNR | Butte, Haakon, Harding, Meade, Pennington, Perkins and 1 more | 15 hr |
| May 28, 4:57 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Hughes, Potter, Stanley and 2 more | 15 hr |
| May 28, 8:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Marshall, Roberts | 19 min |
| May 28, 10:17 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 35 hr |
| May 30, 2:08 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | ABR | Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Potter, Walworth | 17 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 | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 142 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 10 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 34 |
| Special Weather Statement | 49 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 6 |
| River Flood Warning | 23 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 4 |
| Cold | |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 14 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Minnehaha County39
- Union County36
- McCook County34
- Lake County33
- Lincoln County32
- Miner County30
- Moody County30
- Hanson County29
- Jackson County27
- Brookings County26
- Brule County26
- Davison County25
- Turner County25
- Clay County23
- Yankton County23
- Pennington County23
- Aurora County22
- Lyman County22
- Grant County21
- Hutchinson County20
- Kingsbury County20
- Mellette County20
- Sanborn County20
- Roberts County19
- Charles Mix County18
- Codington County18
- Sully County18
- Jones County18
- Hughes County18
- Hamlin County17
- Gregory County17
- Hyde County17
- Buffalo County17
- Hand County17
- Bon Homme County16
- Deuel County16
- Douglas County16
- Edmunds County16
- Beadle County16
- Meade County15
26 more counties
- Haakon County15
- Stanley County15
- Jerauld County15
- Brown County14
- Day County14
- Marshall County14
- Potter County14
- Todd County14
- Custer County14
- Faulk County13
- McPherson County13
- Spink County13
- Perkins County12
- Campbell County12
- Tripp County12
- Walworth County11
- Clark County11
- Lawrence County11
- Butte County10
- Ziebach County10
- Corson County10
- Dewey County10
- Bennett County8
- Fall River County7
- Oglala Lakota County7
- Harding County7
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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. Rebuilt daily.