Alert archive / South Dakota / 2023
Weather alerts in South Dakota, March 2023
78 weather alerts in March 2023, 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 March 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 78
- Warnings
- 22
- Watches
- 8
- Advisories
- 44
- Busiest day
- March 6, 20239 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 28, 6:06 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ABR | Buffalo, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Lyman and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:25 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Corson, Edmunds, McPherson, Marshall and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:03 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Oglala Lakota, Pennington, Todd | 40 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:44 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Corson, Day, Edmunds, McPherson and 3 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:19 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Harding, Perkins, Ziebach | 38 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:30 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson, Edmunds, Grant, McPherson, Marshall and 2 more | 41 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:49 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Brown, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Dewey and 7 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 5, 9:42 PM CST | Snow Squall Warning | UNR | Meade, Pennington | 33 min |
| Mar 5, 10:04 PM CST | Snow Squall Warning | UNR | Meade, Pennington | 41 min |
| Mar 5, 10:44 PM CST | Snow Squall Warning | UNR | Meade, Pennington | 46 min |
| Mar 6, 1:10 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory | 8 hr |
| Mar 6, 1:17 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | UNR | Mellette, Todd, Tripp | 8 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:54 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Harding, Jackson and 6 more | 39 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:43 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | UNR | Custer, Meade, Pennington, Perkins, Ziebach | 20 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:51 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Walworth | 29 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:51 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Edmunds, Faulk, Hughes, Jones, McPherson, Potter and 2 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:09 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | UNR | Butte, Custer, Haakon, Harding, Lawrence, Meade and 3 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:59 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more | 45 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:19 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Harding and 10 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:30 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 45 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:28 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ABR | Deuel, Grant, Roberts | 34 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:50 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Roberts | 11 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:50 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:51 AM CST | Wind Advisory | UNR | Butte, Harding, Meade, Perkins, Ziebach | 18 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:05 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Beadle, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix, Gregory, Kingsbury | 36 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:07 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Bennett, Haakon, Harding, Jackson, Meade, Mellette and 4 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 10, 11:08 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Day, Grant, McPherson, Marshall, Roberts | 5 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:12 AM CST | Wind Advisory | UNR | Butte, Haakon, Harding, Jackson, Lawrence, Meade and 6 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 11, 4:41 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Marshall | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 8:42 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ABR | Corson, Dewey | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:21 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Harding, Perkins, Ziebach | 11 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:16 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Clark, Corson, Day, Dewey and 11 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:19 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ABR | Buffalo, Hughes, Jones, Lyman, Stanley | 16 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:41 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison and 7 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:31 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | UNR | Custer, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 24 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:45 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:05 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | UNR | Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 23 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:05 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | UNR | Lawrence, Meade | 19 hr |
| Mar 15, 1:04 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Edmunds, Faulk, Hand, McPherson and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:29 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Bon Homme, Brookings, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison, Douglas and 12 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:01 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:41 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | UNR | Custer, Meade, Oglala Lakota, Pennington | 15 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:26 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 40 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Union | 11 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:06 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Union | 6 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:00 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | UNR | Butte, Custer, Fall River, Meade, Oglala Lakota, Pennington | 18 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:10 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Deuel, Grant, Marshall, Roberts | 24 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:45 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | UNR | Butte, Harding, Meade, Perkins, Ziebach | 5 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:02 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Corson, Day, Edmunds, McPherson and 3 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:12 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Custer, Fall River, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 37 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Day, Edmunds, McPherson, Marshall | 4 hr |
| Mar 23, 12:49 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Bon Homme, Clay, Union, Yankton | 5 hr |
| Mar 23, 6:48 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Corson, Day, Dewey, Edmunds and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:00 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ABR | Brown, Edmunds, Faulk, McPherson | 6 hr |
| Mar 24, 11:13 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ABR | Buffalo, Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Edmunds, Faulk and 10 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:27 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | Brule, Charles Mix, Gregory | 10 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:32 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | UNR | Haakon, Harding, Jackson, Meade, Mellette, Pennington and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 25, 6:01 PM CDT | Snow Squall Warning | UNR | Fall River | 44 min |
| Mar 26, 10:42 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 7 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:28 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Custer, Pennington | 7 hr |
| Mar 28, 9:05 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 15 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:22 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:39 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison and 9 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:47 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | UNR | Bennett, Haakon, Jackson, Lawrence, Meade, Mellette and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:43 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:43 PM CDT | Ice Storm Warning | ABR | Clark, Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin | 25 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:01 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison and 8 more | 38 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:01 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 38 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:14 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Jackson, Lawrence and 7 more | 33 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:14 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Butte, Custer, Fall River, Pennington, Perkins | 28 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Yankton | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Union | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Union | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 2:53 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Corson, Day, Dewey and 15 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:31 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | UNR | Mellette, Todd, Tripp | 12 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aurora, Beadle, Bennett, Brookings, Brown, Brule and 38 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Spink | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 6:56 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson | 2 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 | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 4 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 4 |
| Ice Storm Warning | 1 |
| Snow Squall Warning | 4 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 6 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 7 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 25 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 10 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 9 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pennington County21
- Meade County21
- Marshall County18
- Roberts County18
- Edmunds County17
- McPherson County17
- Brown County16
- Campbell County15
- Corson County15
- Day County15
- Walworth County14
- Ziebach County14
- Perkins County13
- Grant County13
- Custer County12
- Dewey County12
- Faulk County12
- Clark County11
- Deuel County11
- Lawrence County11
- Hand County10
- Hughes County10
- Jones County10
- Stanley County10
- Sully County10
- Harding County10
- Potter County10
- Spink County10
- Brule County10
- Charles Mix County10
- Gregory County10
- Buffalo County9
- Hyde County9
- Lyman County9
- Todd County9
- Codington County9
- Hamlin County9
- Mellette County9
- Tripp County9
- Haakon County9
26 more counties
- Union County9
- Oglala Lakota County8
- Aurora County8
- Bon Homme County8
- Douglas County8
- Butte County8
- Jackson County8
- Beadle County8
- Brookings County8
- Davison County8
- Fall River County7
- Hanson County7
- Jerauld County7
- Kingsbury County7
- Lake County7
- Miner County7
- Moody County7
- Sanborn County7
- Yankton County7
- Bennett County6
- Clay County5
- Hutchinson County5
- Minnehaha County5
- Lincoln County4
- McCook County4
- Turner County4
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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.