Alert archive / South Dakota / 2025
Weather alerts in South Dakota, March 2025
91 weather alerts in March 2025, 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 91
- Warnings
- 30
- Watches
- 27
- Advisories
- 30
- Busiest day
- March 3, 20257 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2:41 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | UNR | Bennett, Jackson, Mellette, Oglala Lakota, Todd, Tripp | 24 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:10 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | UNR | Bennett, Jackson, Mellette, Oglala Lakota, Todd, Tripp | 33 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:10 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Jackson, Lawrence, Meade, Oglala Lakota, Pennington | 34 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:12 AM CST | High Wind Watch | UNR | Custer, Meade, Oglala Lakota, Pennington | 10 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:51 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay and 7 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 3, 1:23 PM CST | Wind Advisory | UNR | Custer, Haakon, Jackson, Meade, Oglala Lakota, Pennington | 22 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:10 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 40 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:11 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel and 15 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 4, 10:25 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aurora, Beadle, Brule, Charles Mix, Clark, Codington and 13 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 4, 10:49 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Union | 31 hr |
| Mar 4, 11:22 AM CST | High Wind Warning | FSD | Brookings, Clay, Lake, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Moody and 3 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 4, 11:48 AM CST | Wind Advisory | UNR | Bennett, Mellette, Todd, Tripp | 11 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:09 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Oglala Lakota, Todd | 38 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:51 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Day, Edmunds, Faulk, Hand and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 5, 5:47 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Brookings, Clay, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Moody, Turner and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 1:37 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Oglala Lakota, Pennington, Todd and 1 more | 40 hr |
| Mar 5, 1:37 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Custer, Jackson, Lawrence, Meade, Mellette, Oglala Lakota and 2 more | 40 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:20 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Douglas, Gregory, Hutchinson and 4 more | 33 hr |
| Mar 6, 1:28 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Gregory, Yankton | 13 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:30 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Edmunds and 12 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:30 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Corson, Day, Dewey, Edmunds and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:04 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Corson, Day, Dewey, Edmunds and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:11 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Edmunds and 12 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:11 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more | 41 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:59 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | UNR | Butte, Harding, Meade, Perkins, Ziebach | 23 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:17 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | UNR | Butte, Custer, Haakon, Jackson, Lawrence, Meade and 4 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:08 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | UNR | Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Jackson and 6 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:19 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison and 7 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:44 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Corson, Day, Dewey, Edmunds and 7 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:02 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | UNR | Harding, Perkins, Ziebach | 17 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:25 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Jackson, Mellette and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:59 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | Buffalo, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Lyman and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:19 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay and 11 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 12, 12:47 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:32 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Jackson, Mellette and 4 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:50 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Deuel, Hamlin, Hand and 7 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:46 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Jackson, Meade and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:30 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:33 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | UNR | Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Jackson and 6 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:33 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | UNR | Custer, Harding, Lawrence, Meade, Oglala Lakota, Pennington and 2 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:07 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Beadle, Brookings, Davison, Hanson, Hutchinson, Kingsbury and 8 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:15 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Brown, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant and 4 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:17 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more | 47 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:21 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 13 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:08 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin, Roberts | 18 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:08 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Lyman and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:08 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Clark, Day, Marshall | 18 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:46 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay and 16 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:55 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Brookings, Moody | 23 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:55 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Bon Homme, Clay, Hanson, Hutchinson, Kingsbury, Lake and 7 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 15, 12:29 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | UNR | Mellette, Todd, Tripp | 6 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:19 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | UNR | Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Jackson and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:43 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | UNR | Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Jackson and 5 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:39 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | Aurora, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison and 8 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:51 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Jackson, Mellette, Oglala Lakota and 3 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:51 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | UNR | Custer, Fall River, Lawrence, Meade, Oglala Lakota, Pennington | 24 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:51 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | UNR | Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 13 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:13 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Clay, Union | 24 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:23 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:59 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | UNR | Butte, Harding, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 42 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:59 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Butte, Custer, Harding, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington and 1 more | 42 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:04 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Jackson, Mellette, Oglala Lakota and 3 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 17, 2:50 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | FSD | Union | 13 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:21 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Clay, Union | 40 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:21 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | FSD | Union | 40 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:21 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Bon Homme, Clay, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Turner, Union and 1 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 18, 2:24 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Bon Homme, Brookings, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison and 13 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 19, 5:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Union | 5 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:00 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | Brown, Day, Edmunds, McPherson, Marshall | 14 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:37 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | UNR | Bennett, Fall River, Jackson, Mellette, Oglala Lakota, Pennington and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:09 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | UNR | Fall River | 18 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:19 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 17 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:21 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | UNR | Bennett, Fall River, Jackson, Mellette, Oglala Lakota, Pennington and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:51 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel and 12 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:20 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Lyman and 1 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:28 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Jackson, Mellette and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:44 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison and 8 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:18 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | UNR | Fall River | 19 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:25 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:34 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 23, 12:30 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Aurora, Bon Homme, Clay, Davison, Douglas, Hanson and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 27, 2:06 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | Clay, Union | 14 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:43 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Clay, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Turner, Union, Yankton | 16 hr |
| Mar 28, 7:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Union | 2 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:39 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel and 14 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:46 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Bennett, Jackson, Mellette, Todd, Tripp | 18 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:33 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison and 11 more | 33 hr |
| Mar 29, 8:19 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | UNR | Custer, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 3 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brule, Buffalo, Lyman, Mellette, Todd, Tripp | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:31 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Brown, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Edmunds and 7 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:57 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Deuel, Edmunds and 7 more | 52 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 | |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 4 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 4 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 8 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 13 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 5 |
| High Wind Watch | 6 |
| Wind Advisory | 16 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 17 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 13 |
| 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.
- Pennington County24
- Oglala Lakota County23
- Clay County22
- Union County21
- Yankton County21
- Custer County20
- Jackson County19
- Bennett County18
- Bon Homme County18
- Charles Mix County18
- Davison County18
- Douglas County18
- Todd County17
- Tripp County17
- Meade County17
- Aurora County17
- Sanborn County17
- Hanson County17
- Hutchinson County17
- Fall River County17
- Mellette County16
- Brule County16
- Gregory County16
- Miner County16
- Turner County16
- Brown County16
- Beadle County15
- Jerauld County15
- Day County15
- Kingsbury County14
- Lincoln County14
- Buffalo County14
- Edmunds County14
- Lyman County14
- Marshall County14
- Spink County14
- Brookings County13
- Lake County13
- McCook County13
- Minnehaha County13
26 more counties
- Moody County13
- Faulk County13
- Hand County13
- Hyde County13
- Jones County13
- Lawrence County12
- Clark County12
- Codington County12
- Deuel County12
- Grant County12
- Hamlin County12
- Hughes County12
- Roberts County12
- Stanley County12
- McPherson County12
- Potter County11
- Sully County11
- Haakon County10
- Campbell County9
- Walworth County9
- Corson County8
- Dewey County8
- Butte County8
- Ziebach County7
- Perkins County6
- 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.