Weather alerts in South Dakota, May 2015

134 weather alerts in May 2015, 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 134
Warnings: 77
Watches: 7
Advisories: 16
Busiest day: May 10, 201530 alerts

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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 2, 3:24 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ABR		17 hr
May 2, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Todd	49 min
May 2, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Todd	53 min
May 2, 6:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Gregory, Jones, Lyman, Mellette, Todd, Tripp	116 min
May 3, 3:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Union	2 hr
May 6, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Ziebach	27 min
May 6, 6:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	UNR	Custer, Meade, Pennington	3 hr
May 7, 3:45 PM CDT	Winter Storm Watch	UNR	Butte, Custer, Fall River, Harding, Lawrence, Meade and 4 more	37 hr
May 8, 2:48 PM CDT	Winter Storm Watch	ABR	Corson, Dewey	13 hr
May 8, 2:55 PM CDT	Winter Storm Warning	UNR	Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Harding and 7 more	52 hr
May 9, 3:46 AM CDT	Winter Storm Warning	ABR	Corson, Dewey	51 hr
May 9, 4:39 AM CDT	Winter Storm Watch	UNR	Bennett, Haakon, Jackson	11 hr
May 9, 3:41 PM CDT	Blizzard Warning	UNR	Butte, Meade, Pennington	24 hr
May 10, 3:33 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	ABR	Jones, Stanley	8 hr
May 10, 4:30 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	UNR	Bennett, Haakon, Jackson, Mellette, Todd	15 hr
May 10, 9:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Charles Mix, Douglas	36 min
May 10, 10:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Charles Mix, Douglas, Hutchinson	29 min
May 10, 10:24 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bon Homme, Clay, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson, Lake and 6 more	3 hr
May 10, 10:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FSD	Charles Mix, Douglas, Hutchinson	31 min
May 10, 10:46 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Aurora, Bon Homme, Brookings, Clay, Davison, Douglas and 14 more	8 hr
May 10, 10:55 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FSD	Davison, Douglas, Hutchinson	35 min
May 10, 11:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Davison, Hanson, Hutchinson	37 min
May 10, 11:55 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Davison, Hanson, Sanborn	35 min
May 10, 12:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Davison, Hanson, Miner, Sanborn	33 min
May 10, 12:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Davison, Hanson, Miner, Sanborn	32 min
May 10, 12:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Clark	28 min
May 10, 1:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Union	35 min
May 10, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Hutchinson, McCook, Turner	33 min
May 10, 2:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Union	28 min
May 10, 2:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brookings, Clay, Hanson, Kingsbury, Lake, Lincoln and 7 more	92 min
May 10, 2:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Union	24 min
May 10, 3:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Codington, Hamlin	49 min
May 10, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Union	30 min
May 10, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Clark, Codington, Hamlin	26 min
May 10, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln	33 min
May 10, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Buffalo, Hand	17 min
May 10, 3:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Brown	52 min
May 10, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Clark, Codington, Day	46 min
May 10, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Codington, Day	46 min
May 10, 3:48 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	ABR	Campbell, Edmunds, Faulk, McPherson, Potter, Walworth	21 hr
May 10, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Spink	52 min
May 10, 4:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FSD	Lincoln	4 hr
May 10, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Beadle, Sanborn	34 min
May 10, 7:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Lake, Miner	23 min
May 11, 2:54 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FSD	Aurora, Beadle, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas and 3 more	17 hr
May 11, 3:22 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	UNR	Tripp	16 hr
May 11, 3:27 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	ABR	Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Corson, Day and 15 more	17 hr
May 11, 10:53 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	UNR	Jackson	36 hr
May 11, 10:53 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	UNR	Jones, Mellette	36 hr
May 11, 10:53 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	UNR	Lyman, Tripp	36 hr
May 13, 4:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	UNR		60 hr
May 15, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Fall River	62 min
May 15, 5:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Jackson, Mellette, Oglala Lakota and 2 more	59 min
May 15, 7:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	UNR		4 days
May 15, 9:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	UNR	Custer, Fall River, Pennington	8 hr
May 16, 2:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Buffalo	42 min
May 16, 8:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	UNR	Jackson	66 hr
May 16, 10:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	UNR	Haakon, Ziebach	3 days
May 16, 2:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	UNR	Jones, Mellette	71 hr
May 16, 2:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	UNR	Lyman, Tripp	4 days
May 16, 2:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aurora, Beadle, Brookings, Brown, Brule, Buffalo and 39 more	95 min
May 16, 4:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	UNR	Meade, Pennington	29 hr
May 16, 5:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	UNR	Meade	3 hr
May 16, 5:25 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin	5 hr
May 16, 7:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin	94 min
May 16, 8:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABR	Corson	6 hr
May 17, 3:44 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ABR	Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more	27 hr
May 17, 4:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	47 min
May 17, 5:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Dewey	40 min
May 17, 6:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	UNR	Haakon, Jackson	36 hr
May 17, 8:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABR	Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Walworth	3 hr
May 17, 9:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABR	Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Walworth	6 hr
May 17, 9:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABR	Buffalo, Hand, Hyde	6 hr
May 17, 11:44 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Aurora, Beadle, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison and 13 more	16 hr
May 17, 12:34 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	UNR	Butte, Haakon, Harding, Jackson, Lawrence, Meade and 3 more	10 hr
May 17, 2:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABR	Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Walworth	6 hr
May 17, 3:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABR	Buffalo, Hand, Hyde	6 hr
May 17, 3:20 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	FSD	Aurora, Beadle, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison and 9 more	41 hr
May 17, 4:11 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	ABR	Brown, Campbell, Corson, Edmunds, McPherson, Walworth	15 hr
May 17, 8:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABR	Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Walworth	12 hr
May 18, 3:50 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	ABR	Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more	28 hr
May 18, 3:51 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	UNR	Bennett, Butte, Meade, Pennington	28 hr
May 18, 3:51 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	UNR	Haakon, Harding, Jackson, Meade, Mellette, Perkins and 3 more	28 hr
May 18, 2:43 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FSD	Bon Homme, Clay, Hutchinson, Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha and 3 more	17 hr
May 19, 9:04 AM CDT	Flood Watch	UNR	Jackson, Oglala Lakota	19 hr
May 19, 2:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ABR	Brown	51 days
May 19, 2:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ABR	Brown, Spink	6 days
May 20, 3:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	UNR		24 hr
May 20, 3:32 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	UNR	Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Jackson and 6 more	16 hr
May 23, 4:05 PM CDT	Flood Watch	UNR	Custer, Fall River, Lawrence, Meade, Oglala Lakota, Pennington	43 hr
May 24, 9:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	UNR	Custer, Pennington	36 hr
May 24, 11:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	UNR	Custer, Pennington	36 hr
May 24, 12:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	UNR	Pennington	36 hr
May 24, 3:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Oglala Lakota	64 min
May 25, 11:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	UNR		48 hr
May 25, 3:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Bon Homme, Charles Mix	41 min
May 25, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Bon Homme, Hutchinson, Yankton	31 min
May 25, 3:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	UNR	Haakon, Jackson	24 hr
May 25, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Turner, Yankton	37 min
May 25, 4:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	UNR	Meade	24 hr
May 25, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Turner	51 min
May 25, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln	27 min
May 25, 6:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lincoln, Union	114 min
May 25, 9:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	UNR	Custer	18 hr
May 25, 11:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	UNR	Custer, Pennington	36 hr
May 26, 12:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	UNR	Pennington	24 hr
May 27, 1:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	42 min
May 27, 2:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	UNR	Custer, Pennington	10 days
May 27, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	43 min
May 27, 2:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Custer	39 min
May 27, 2:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Pennington	41 min
May 27, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Haakon	49 min
May 27, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Haakon	43 min
May 28, 1:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Perkins	52 min
May 28, 3:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Jackson	37 min
May 28, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Tripp	45 min
May 28, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Oglala Lakota	39 min
May 28, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Bennett	52 min
May 28, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Lyman	49 min
May 28, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Dewey	38 min
May 28, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Oglala Lakota	62 min
May 28, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Jackson	65 min
May 28, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Faulk, Hand, Spink	14 min
May 28, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Bennett	45 min
May 28, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Oglala Lakota	63 min
May 28, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Edmunds	47 min
May 28, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Dewey	44 min
May 28, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Edmunds	41 min
May 28, 7:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABR	Edmunds	3 hr
May 28, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Bennett	65 min
May 28, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Brown, Marshall	21 min
May 28, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Bennett, Jackson	42 min
May 29, 12:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABR	Marshall, Roberts	6 hr
May 29, 6:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABR	Marshall, Roberts	3 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	28
Tornado Warning	7
Tornado Watch	2
Mesoscale Discussion	8
Special Weather Statement	26
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	22
Flash Flood Warning	2
River Flood Warning	10
Flood Watch	2
Areal Flood Advisory	4
Winter
Blizzard Warning	1
Winter Storm Warning	2
Winter Storm Watch	3
Winter Weather Advisory	3
Cold
Freeze Warning	4
Frost Advisory	6
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	3
Fire
Red Flag Warning	1

By county

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

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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.