Weather alerts in South Dakota, May 2025

109 weather alerts in May 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 May 2025. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 109
Warnings: 34
Watches: 12
Advisories: 17
Busiest day: May 15, 202525 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 4, 1:31 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	UNR	Butte, Harding, Meade, Perkins	18 hr
May 5, 2:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Butte, Corson, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Jackson and 5 more	89 min
May 5, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	28 min
May 5, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Pennington	46 min
May 5, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Pennington	24 min
May 5, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Meade	40 min
May 5, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Meade	33 min
May 5, 5:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Meade	16 min
May 5, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Ziebach	37 min
May 5, 6:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Ziebach	51 min
May 5, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Corson	40 min
May 5, 7:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Corson	59 min
May 5, 7:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Perkins	39 min
May 5, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Corson	28 min
May 8, 2:35 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	FSD	Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more	48 hr
May 8, 2:52 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABR	Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more	48 hr
May 9, 1:26 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABR	Buffalo, Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Edmunds, Faulk and 10 more	13 hr
May 9, 1:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Custer	46 min
May 9, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Custer	39 min
May 9, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Custer	32 min
May 10, 2:14 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ABR	Brown, Campbell, Clark, Corson, Day, Dewey and 9 more	18 hr
May 10, 2:14 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ABR	Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more	67 hr
May 10, 2:05 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	FSD	Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more	32 hr
May 10, 2:05 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	FSD	Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more	32 hr
May 10, 2:28 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	UNR	Bennett, Jackson, Mellette, Todd, Tripp	29 hr
May 10, 2:31 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABR	Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more	24 hr
May 11, 1:46 PM CDT	Blowing Dust Warning	ABR	Hand	7 hr
May 11, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Oglala Lakota	33 min
May 11, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Harding	25 min
May 11, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR		33 min
May 11, 8:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Harding	33 min
May 11, 9:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Corson	27 min
May 11, 9:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Perkins	37 min
May 11, 9:50 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	FSD	Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more	23 hr
May 11, 10:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Corson	34 min
May 12, 10:54 AM CDT	Blowing Dust Warning	ABR	Hand	10 hr
May 12, 1:42 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	FSD	Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more	14 hr
May 12, 1:53 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABR	Brown, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant and 4 more	14 hr
May 13, 3:33 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	FSD	Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more	17 hr
May 13, 3:45 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ABR	Brown, Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel and 9 more	17 hr
May 14, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Fall River	46 min
May 14, 2:18 AM CDT	High Wind Watch	UNR	Bennett, Butte, Haakon, Harding, Jackson, Lawrence and 7 more	25 hr
May 14, 2:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Fall River	49 min
May 14, 3:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Oglala Lakota	45 min
May 14, 4:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Pennington	64 min
May 14, 5:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Pennington	62 min
May 14, 12:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Haakon	48 min
May 14, 1:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Haakon	48 min
May 14, 1:34 PM CDT	High Wind Watch	ABR	Jones, Lyman, Stanley	14 hr
May 14, 1:34 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ABR	Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 18 more	53 hr
May 14, 2:00 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more	53 hr
May 14, 2:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bennett, Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Haakon, Hughes and 9 more	2 hr
May 14, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	UNR	Mellette, Todd	30 min
May 14, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Hughes, Jones, Lyman, Mellette, Stanley, Sully and 2 more	7 hr
May 14, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Todd	30 min
May 14, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Jackson	53 min
May 14, 6:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Tripp	51 min
May 14, 7:09 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Lyman, Mellette, Stanley and 3 more	96 min
May 14, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aurora, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison and 7 more	8 hr
May 14, 8:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Tripp	41 min
May 14, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Lyman	44 min
May 14, 10:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Douglas, Hutchinson	94 min
May 14, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory	27 min
May 14, 11:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Campbell, Edmunds, Faulk, McPherson, Potter, Walworth	56 min
May 15, 12:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Bon Homme, Yankton	63 min
May 15, 12:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Hanson, Hutchinson, McCook, Turner	14 min
May 15, 1:08 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bon Homme, Brookings, Clay, Deuel, Hamlin, Hutchinson and 10 more	97 min
May 15, 1:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FSD	Hutchinson, Lake, Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha, Moody and 1 more	57 min
May 15, 1:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Brookings, Kingsbury, Lake, Lincoln, Miner, Minnehaha and 2 more	6 hr
May 15, 3:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Brookings, Moody	69 min
May 15, 3:21 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	ABR	Buffalo, Campbell, Codington, Corson, Day, Deuel and 17 more	40 hr
May 15, 3:24 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	UNR	Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Harding and 9 more	40 hr
May 15, 3:24 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	UNR	Custer, Fall River, Lawrence, Meade, Oglala Lakota, Perkins and 2 more	36 hr
May 15, 3:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin	40 min
May 15, 4:04 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Deuel, Grant	86 min
May 15, 4:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Deuel, Grant	34 min
May 15, 4:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Grant, Roberts	30 min
May 15, 4:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Grant, Roberts	49 min
May 15, 7:23 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aurora, Bon Homme, Brookings, Clay, Codington, Davison and 16 more	97 min
May 15, 11:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Deuel	37 min
May 15, 11:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Deuel, Grant	46 min
May 15, 2:15 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Bon Homme, Clay, Hanson, Hutchinson, Lincoln, McCook and 4 more	29 hr
May 15, 7:05 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ABR	Buffalo, Campbell, Codington, Day, Deuel, Edmunds and 13 more	24 hr
May 16, 3:54 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	UNR	Butte, Custer, Fall River, Harding, Meade, Oglala Lakota and 2 more	28 hr
May 16, 4:10 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	FSD	Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Gregory, Yankton	13 hr
May 17, 2:19 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	FSD	Beadle, Brookings, Kingsbury, Lake, Miner, Minnehaha and 1 more	28 hr
May 17, 2:35 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	ABR	Campbell, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Edmunds and 8 more	28 hr
May 17, 2:35 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	ABR	Brown, Spink	28 hr
May 17, 2:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ABR	Corson	17 hr
May 18, 2:48 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	UNR	Butte, Harding, Meade, Perkins	16 hr
May 18, 1:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	25 min
May 18, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR		23 min
May 18, 3:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Pennington	23 min
May 18, 3:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR		33 min
May 19, 2:19 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ABR	Brown, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel and 14 more	23 hr
May 19, 10:18 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Beadle, Brookings, Kingsbury, Lake, Miner, Moody and 1 more	10 hr
May 19, 12:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Turner, Yankton	44 min
May 19, 1:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Minnehaha, Turner	45 min
May 19, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Beadle, Kingsbury, Miner, Sanborn	22 min
May 19, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Douglas, Hutchinson	32 min
May 19, 8:25 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	FSD	Union	4 hr
May 20, 6:12 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ABR	Corson	25 hr
May 20, 11:25 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ABR	Corson	18 hr
May 21, 1:56 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	UNR	Harding, Meade, Perkins, Ziebach	18 hr
May 21, 2:14 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	ABR	Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Edmunds, Faulk, McPherson and 2 more	18 hr
May 23, 1:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	30 min
May 23, 2:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Pennington	41 min
May 23, 10:50 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	UNR	Butte, Custer, Haakon, Harding, Jackson, Lawrence and 7 more	12 hr
May 28, 2:55 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Aurora, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison and 5 more	6 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 Warning	18
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	3
Mesoscale Discussion	7
Special Weather Statement	39
Flooding
River Flood Warning	3
Cold
Freeze Warning	1
Frost Advisory	5
Wind and dust
Blowing Dust Warning	2
High Wind Warning	4
High Wind Watch	2
Wind Advisory	10
Fire
Red Flag Warning	6
Fire Weather Watch	7
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.

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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.