Alert archive / South Dakota / 2024
Weather alerts in South Dakota, March 2024
51 weather alerts in March 2024, 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 51
- Warnings
- 19
- Watches
- 15
- Advisories
- 17
- Busiest day
- March 3, 20247 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 11:52 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Jackson, Mellette, Oglala Lakota and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:45 AM CST | High Wind Watch | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Jackson, Oglala Lakota, Pennington | 12 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:49 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Jackson, Oglala Lakota, Pennington | 16 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:03 PM CST | Wind Advisory | UNR | Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Harding and 9 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:51 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:57 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | Buffalo, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Lyman and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:02 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:05 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Jackson, Mellette and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 3, 1:30 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ABR | Buffalo, Corson, Dewey, Hand, Hughes, Hyde and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 3, 1:36 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Lyman and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:26 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | UNR | Harding, Meade, Perkins, Ziebach | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:37 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay and 13 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:54 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Jackson, Mellette and 4 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 3, 6:47 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:27 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ABR | Brown, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant and 4 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:23 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin and 1 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:24 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:25 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison and 7 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 6, 5:07 AM CST | Wind Advisory | UNR | Tripp | 7 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:35 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | Aurora, Bon Homme, Brookings, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison and 15 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:56 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Jackson, Mellette, Oglala Lakota and 3 more | 39 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:04 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Jackson, Mellette, Oglala Lakota and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:37 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Aurora, Bon Homme, Brookings, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison and 15 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:46 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | Campbell, Corson, Dewey, McPherson, Walworth | 13 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:14 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | UNR | Perkins, Ziebach | 13 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:54 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Edmunds, Faulk and 6 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:59 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | UNR | Butte, Haakon, Jackson, Meade, Pennington, Perkins and 1 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:42 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 17 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:51 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:47 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Day and 15 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:04 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Clay, Davison and 15 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:45 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Brown, Day, Edmunds, Grant, McPherson, Marshall and 1 more | 38 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:55 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | UNR | Custer, Fall River | 12 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:50 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | UNR | Bennett, Butte, Haakon, Harding, Jackson, Lawrence and 8 more | 48 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:41 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 12 more | 59 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:20 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more | 33 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:17 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Bennett, Butte, Haakon, Harding, Jackson, Lawrence and 8 more | 58 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:40 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Douglas, Gregory, Hanson and 6 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 23, 1:08 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more | 60 hr |
| Mar 23, 1:26 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Davison and 9 more | 55 hr |
| Mar 23, 2:43 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | UNR | Bennett, Haakon, Harding, Jackson, Meade, Perkins and 1 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:01 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | UNR | Mellette, Todd, Tripp | 41 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:46 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas and 3 more | 41 hr |
| Mar 24, 4:10 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Lyman | 39 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:55 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:23 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:39 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Bennett, Jackson, Mellette, Todd | 15 hr |
| Mar 25, 8:02 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Tripp | 3 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:58 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | UNR | Custer, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 36 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:58 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Jackson, Lawrence, Meade and 5 more | 3 days |
| Mar 31, 4:22 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | UNR | Butte, Custer, Fall River, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 9 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 4 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 8 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 5 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 13 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 10 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 4 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jackson County14
- Pennington County14
- Bennett County13
- Aurora County13
- Davison County13
- Douglas County13
- Sanborn County13
- Custer County12
- Charles Mix County12
- Gregory County12
- Fall River County11
- Mellette County11
- Oglala Lakota County11
- Todd County11
- Tripp County11
- Beadle County11
- Jerauld County11
- Hanson County11
- Brule County10
- Bon Homme County10
- Hutchinson County10
- McCook County10
- Miner County10
- Meade County9
- Buffalo County9
- Hughes County9
- Sully County9
- Day County9
- Grant County9
- Roberts County9
- Brookings County9
- Kingsbury County9
- Hand County8
- Hyde County8
- Lyman County8
- Stanley County8
- Brown County8
- Clark County8
- Codington County8
- Deuel County8
26 more counties
- Hamlin County8
- McPherson County8
- Clay County8
- Lincoln County8
- Turner County8
- Yankton County8
- Lake County8
- Moody County8
- Haakon County7
- Perkins County7
- Ziebach County7
- Jones County7
- Campbell County7
- Corson County7
- Dewey County7
- Edmunds County7
- Marshall County7
- Potter County7
- Walworth County7
- Minnehaha County7
- Lawrence County6
- Faulk County6
- Spink County6
- Union County6
- Butte County5
- Harding County5
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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.