Weather alerts in South Dakota, May 2023

199 weather alerts in May 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 May 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 199
Warnings: 68
Watches: 4
Advisories: 3
Busiest day: May 31, 202327 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
May 1, 2:59 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	FSD	Brookings, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Moody, Union	13 hr
May 2, 3:37 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	FSD	Brookings, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Moody, Union	16 hr
May 3, 9:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Yankton	21 days
May 4, 11:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	McCook, Minnehaha	27 min
May 4, 11:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	McCook, Minnehaha, Turner	34 min
May 4, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	McCook, Minnehaha	26 min
May 4, 7:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Tripp	41 min
May 5, 4:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Fall River	35 min
May 5, 6:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Oglala Lakota	51 min
May 5, 7:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Todd	25 min
May 5, 7:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Todd	47 min
May 6, 3:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Potter	29 min
May 6, 5:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Dewey	27 min
May 6, 2:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Meade	27 min
May 6, 2:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Meade	18 min
May 6, 2:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Meade	32 min
May 6, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Bennett	16 min
May 6, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Jackson	14 min
May 6, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Haakon	33 min
May 6, 5:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ABR	Deuel, Grant	23 min
May 6, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Haakon	32 min
May 6, 5:32 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aurora, Bon Homme, Brule, Buffalo, Charles Mix, Davison and 19 more	88 min
May 6, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Tripp	54 min
May 6, 7:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Brule	25 min
May 6, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Meade	34 min
May 7, 12:15 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Union	6 hr
May 7, 2:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Butte, Custer, Harding, Lawrence, Meade, Oglala Lakota and 1 more	3 hr
May 7, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Pennington	29 min
May 7, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade, Pennington	61 min
May 7, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade, Pennington	62 min
May 7, 6:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Butte	51 min
May 7, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Butte	32 min
May 7, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte	53 min
May 7, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Lawrence, Meade	40 min
May 7, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Haakon, Meade, Pennington	75 min
May 7, 8:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Butte	28 min
May 7, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Harding	47 min
May 7, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	29 min
May 7, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade	22 min
May 7, 8:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Haakon	34 min
May 7, 9:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Meade	37 min
May 7, 9:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Meade	32 min
May 8, 3:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bon Homme, Clay, Hutchinson, Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha and 4 more	2 hr
May 8, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Union	33 min
May 9, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Faulk	38 min
May 9, 7:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Potter	20 min
May 9, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Faulk	43 min
May 9, 9:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Brown	27 min
May 9, 9:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Brown	37 min
May 9, 10:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Day	43 min
May 10, 3:02 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Custer, Fall River, Lawrence	88 min
May 10, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Fall River, Oglala Lakota	31 min
May 10, 11:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Custer	48 min
May 10, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Pennington	38 min
May 11, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Clay, Union	25 min
May 11, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Bon Homme, Charles Mix	28 min
May 11, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Todd	41 min
May 11, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Todd	32 min
May 11, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Bennett	52 min
May 11, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Bennett	32 min
May 11, 6:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Bennett	26 min
May 11, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Jackson	44 min
May 11, 7:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	UNR	Oglala Lakota	5 hr
May 11, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hyde	34 min
May 11, 10:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Potter	41 min
May 12, 12:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	UNR	Oglala Lakota	41 hr
May 12, 2:57 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	UNR	Custer, Meade, Oglala Lakota, Pennington	19 hr
May 12, 12:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aurora, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison and 7 more	118 min
May 12, 1:09 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay, Douglas, Gregory and 5 more	8 hr
May 12, 4:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	UNR	Jackson, Oglala Lakota, Pennington	25 hr
May 12, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Todd	31 min
May 12, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Tripp	32 min
May 12, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FSD	Clay, Union	51 min
May 12, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FSD	Bon Homme, Yankton	35 min
May 12, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Union	33 min
May 12, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Union	44 min
May 12, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Union	28 min
May 12, 8:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	UNR	Jackson	21 hr
May 14, 10:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	UNR	Haakon, Ziebach	24 hr
May 15, 8:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	UNR	Haakon, Ziebach	46 hr
May 16, 1:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Fall River	2 hr
May 16, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Custer	27 min
May 17, 12:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Custer	38 min
May 17, 12:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Pennington	39 min
May 17, 12:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Oglala Lakota, Pennington, Todd	113 min
May 17, 1:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Oglala Lakota	41 min
May 17, 1:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Pennington	44 min
May 17, 1:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Oglala Lakota	41 min
May 17, 1:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Pennington	58 min
May 17, 2:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Bennett	39 min
May 17, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade, Pennington	46 min
May 17, 2:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	UNR	Pennington	3 hr
May 17, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	47 min
May 17, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Fall River, Oglala Lakota	32 min
May 17, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Haakon	51 min
May 17, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Jackson, Mellette	30 min
May 17, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Jones	34 min
May 17, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	33 min
May 17, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Mellette	41 min
May 17, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Jones	29 min
May 17, 5:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	UNR	Lawrence, Meade, Pennington	4 hr
May 17, 6:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Todd, Tripp	40 min
May 17, 6:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Sully	21 min
May 17, 6:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Hyde	37 min
May 17, 7:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Faulk	35 min
May 23, 9:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR		48 min
May 25, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	51 min
May 25, 3:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR		43 min
May 26, 3:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Butte, Harding, Lawrence	2 hr
May 26, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Lawrence	49 min
May 26, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR		38 min
May 26, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Custer, Fall River, Lawrence, Pennington	6 hr
May 26, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	34 min
May 26, 6:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR		50 min
May 26, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	43 min
May 26, 11:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	40 min
May 27, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Butte, Custer, Fall River, Harding, Lawrence, Pennington	7 hr
May 27, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Lawrence	61 min
May 27, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Lawrence	36 min
May 27, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Lawrence	42 min
May 27, 5:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Butte, Custer, Fall River, Harding, Lawrence	87 min
May 27, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Custer, Lawrence, Pennington	44 min
May 27, 7:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	48 min
May 27, 7:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Custer	44 min
May 27, 7:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Butte	50 min
May 27, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Pennington	44 min
May 27, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Fall River	46 min
May 27, 9:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Harding	61 min
May 27, 9:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Meade	44 min
May 27, 10:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Ziebach	51 min
May 28, 3:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Custer	24 min
May 28, 3:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Custer	42 min
May 28, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Custer	33 min
May 28, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Custer	37 min
May 28, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Custer	36 min
May 28, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Jones	15 min
May 28, 6:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Jackson	31 min
May 28, 7:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	Bennett	34 min
May 28, 8:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Hughes	33 min
May 29, 1:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Butte, Custer, Harding, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington and 1 more	3 hr
May 29, 1:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	34 min
May 29, 2:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	41 min
May 29, 2:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	48 min
May 29, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Pennington	39 min
May 29, 2:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Custer	33 min
May 29, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade, Pennington	57 min
May 29, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Pennington	54 min
May 29, 3:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Butte	24 min
May 29, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Pennington	30 min
May 29, 4:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Pennington	42 min
May 29, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Harding	49 min
May 29, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Harding	49 min
May 29, 6:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Jackson	50 min
May 29, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Mellette, Tripp	65 min
May 29, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Buffalo	35 min
May 29, 9:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Buffalo	24 min
May 29, 11:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Hughes	26 min
May 30, 12:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Hughes	37 min
May 30, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Lawrence	25 min
May 30, 2:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Custer	40 min
May 30, 3:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	56 min
May 30, 3:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Pennington	42 min
May 30, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Lawrence, Meade	59 min
May 30, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Pennington	55 min
May 30, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Meade	49 min
May 30, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Pennington	55 min
May 30, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Perkins	44 min
May 30, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Pennington	67 min
May 30, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Fall River	35 min
May 30, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Pennington	49 min
May 30, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	45 min
May 30, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Lawrence, Meade	43 min
May 30, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	UNR	Pennington	60 min
May 30, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Oglala Lakota	40 min
May 30, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	UNR	Oglala Lakota, Pennington	57 min
May 30, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Jackson, Pennington	67 min
May 30, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Haakon, Jackson, Oglala Lakota, Pennington	53 min
May 30, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Bennett, Jackson, Mellette, Todd	60 min
May 30, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Haakon, Jackson, Mellette	57 min
May 30, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Bennett, Jackson, Mellette, Todd	53 min
May 30, 9:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Haakon	50 min
May 30, 9:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Jones	52 min
May 30, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Jones	30 min
May 31, 1:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Day	27 min
May 31, 1:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	39 min
May 31, 1:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Grant	44 min
May 31, 1:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Deuel, Grant	46 min
May 31, 2:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Deuel, Grant, Marshall, Roberts	94 min
May 31, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Brookings	27 min
May 31, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Custer	31 min
May 31, 3:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Custer, Fall River, Oglala Lakota, Pennington	3 hr
May 31, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Pennington	45 min
May 31, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	UNR	Custer	63 min
May 31, 5:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Custer	24 min
May 31, 5:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR		36 min
May 31, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Custer	32 min
May 31, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Fall River	37 min
May 31, 6:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Custer	33 min
May 31, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Pennington	31 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	58
Tornado Warning	1
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	2
Tornado Watch	1
Mesoscale Discussion	12
Special Weather Statement	112
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	3
Flash Flood Warning	2
River Flood Warning	3
Areal Flood Advisory	1
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	1
Fire
Red Flag Warning	1
Fire Weather Watch	1
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	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.