Alert archive / South Dakota / 2016
Weather alerts in South Dakota, April 2016
60 weather alerts in April 2016, 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 60
- Warnings
- 15
- Watches
- 7
- Advisories
- 17
- Busiest day
- April 24, 201612 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 3, 3:42 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | 16 hr | |
| Apr 3, 6:39 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | UNR | Butte, Haakon, Harding, Jackson, Meade, Pennington and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 3, 10:40 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 8 hr | |
| Apr 4, 3:52 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | UNR | Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Harding and 7 more | 25 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:50 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | 13 hr | |
| Apr 4, 3:20 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | UNR | 13 hr | |
| Apr 5, 3:15 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:41 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | 17 hr | |
| Apr 5, 3:45 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 16 hr | |
| Apr 5, 4:39 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | UNR | 17 hr | |
| Apr 5, 4:40 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | UNR | Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Harding and 10 more | 26 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:00 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 22 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:59 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | UNR | Bennett, Butte, Haakon, Harding, Jackson, Lawrence and 7 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 6, 7:04 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Buffalo, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Lyman and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:53 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 27 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:19 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 18 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:45 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | UNR | Bennett, Butte, Custer, Haakon, Harding, Jackson and 8 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:42 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 18 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 9, 11:46 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 7 hr | |
| Apr 9, 11:51 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | 7 hr | |
| Apr 9, 1:28 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Clay, Davison, Hanson and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:18 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | 13 hr | |
| Apr 12, 4:36 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | 14 hr | |
| Apr 13, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Harding | 48 min |
| Apr 13, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Perkins | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 4:17 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | 15 hr | |
| Apr 14, 3:42 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | UNR | Bennett, Jackson, Mellette, Todd, Tripp | 15 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butte, Custer, Harding, Lawrence | 2 hr |
| Apr 14, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Pennington | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Butte | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Butte | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 10:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Meade | 37 min |
| Apr 15, 3:47 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | UNR | Custer, Meade, Pennington | 21 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:39 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Custer, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 24 hr |
| Apr 16, 9:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | UNR | Jackson | 50 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:30 PM CDT | Flood Watch | UNR | Bennett, Haakon, Jackson, Mellette, Oglala Lakota, Todd and 1 more | 37 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:10 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | Brookings, Kingsbury, Lake, Minnehaha, Moody | 8 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:24 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ABR | Brown, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 23, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Lawrence | 29 min |
| Apr 24, 4:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Lawrence | 24 min |
| Apr 24, 5:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Butte | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 9:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Spink | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 12:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Marshall | 13 min |
| Apr 24, 1:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Clark, Clay, Codington and 17 more | 119 min |
| Apr 24, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bon Homme, Brookings, Clay, Hanson, Hutchinson, Kingsbury and 9 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 24, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Roberts | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Corson | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Mellette | 37 min |
| Apr 24, 6:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Lake, Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha, Moody and 3 more | 65 min |
| Apr 24, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Jones | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Walworth | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Jones | 52 min |
| Apr 25, 4:37 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | UNR | Custer, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 24 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:32 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | UNR | Custer, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 22 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Union | 8 days |
| Apr 27, 9:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Union | 9 days |
| Apr 27, 11:19 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Butte, Custer, Harding, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Custer, Lawrence | 55 min |
| Apr 28, 2:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Clay | 8 days |
| Apr 29, 4:04 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Lawrence, Meade, Oglala Lakota and 2 more | 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 Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 3 |
| Special Weather Statement | 18 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 4 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 12 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 9 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 3 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Meade County12
- Pennington County12
- Lawrence County12
- Custer County11
- Butte County10
- Harding County8
- Jackson County8
- Perkins County7
- Bennett County7
- Clay County7
- Lake County7
- Lincoln County7
- Minnehaha County7
- Moody County7
- Union County7
- Haakon County6
- Ziebach County6
- Mellette County6
- Todd County6
- Brookings County6
- Kingsbury County6
- McCook County6
- Turner County6
- Yankton County6
- Oglala Lakota County5
- Clark County5
- Codington County5
- Deuel County5
- Hamlin County5
- Jones County5
- Marshall County5
- Tripp County5
- Bon Homme County5
- Hanson County5
- Hutchinson County5
- Miner County5
- Brown County4
- Buffalo County4
- Corson County4
- Day County4
26 more counties
- Hand County4
- Hughes County4
- Hyde County4
- McPherson County4
- Roberts County4
- Spink County4
- Stanley County4
- Sully County4
- Walworth County4
- Beadle County4
- Davison County4
- Sanborn County4
- Fall River County3
- Campbell County3
- Dewey County3
- Edmunds County3
- Faulk County3
- Grant County3
- Lyman County3
- Potter County3
- Douglas County3
- Aurora County2
- Brule County2
- Charles Mix County2
- Gregory County2
- Jerauld County2
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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.