Alert archive / South Dakota / 2026
Weather alerts in South Dakota, March 2026
64 weather alerts in March 2026, 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 64
- Warnings
- 23
- Watches
- 14
- Advisories
- 24
- Busiest day
- March 11, 20266 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 3, 2:19 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Edmunds, Faulk, Hand, Hughes and 6 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:43 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel and 11 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:43 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 4, 8:30 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison and 13 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 4, 9:18 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson, Day and 15 more | 16 hr |
| Mar 4, 10:50 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | UNR | Butte, Harding, Meade, Perkins, Ziebach | 11 hr |
| Mar 5, 1:45 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Clay, Davison and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 5, 1:32 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson, Day and 9 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 5, 1:55 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 41 hr |
| Mar 5, 9:51 PM CST | Wind Advisory | UNR | Custer, Meade, Oglala Lakota, Pennington | 17 hr |
| Mar 6, 12:51 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ABR | Brown, Edmunds, Faulk, McPherson, Spink | 3 hr |
| Mar 6, 6:22 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | Brookings, Clay, Kingsbury, Lake, Lincoln, McCook and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 7, 12:36 PM CST | Wind Advisory | UNR | Butte, Fall River, Harding, Meade, Perkins | 29 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | UNR | Custer, Fall River | 16 hr |
| Mar 9, 9:55 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 27 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:09 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | UNR | Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Harding and 10 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:17 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Edmunds and 12 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 10, 11:57 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 11, 12:01 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay and 15 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:27 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | Buffalo, Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Edmunds, Faulk and 10 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 11, 12:36 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | UNR | Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Harding and 10 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:53 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more | 41 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:59 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 41 hr |
| Mar 11, 8:48 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Edmunds, Faulk and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 11, 8:50 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay and 15 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 11, 11:23 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Jackson, Meade and 5 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson, Day and 11 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:31 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:35 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 47 hr |
| Mar 12, 10:46 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | UNR | Butte, Haakon, Harding, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:25 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | UNR | Butte, Haakon, Harding, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington and 2 more | 48 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:25 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Bennett, Butte, Custer, Harding, Jackson, Mellette and 5 more | 48 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:23 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel and 17 more | 50 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:23 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson, Day and 15 more | 44 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:23 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Buffalo, Hughes, Jones, Lyman, Stanley | 38 hr |
| Mar 13, 9:20 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 56 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:11 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Gregory, Lincoln, Union and 1 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 14, 8:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beadle, Brookings, Brown, Buffalo, Clark, Codington and 22 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brown, Brule and 38 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 15, 10:44 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:31 PM CDT | Cold Weather Advisory | FSD | Brookings, Clay, Kingsbury, Lake, Lincoln, McCook and 5 more | 20 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:31 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 17 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:56 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | UNR | Butte, Fall River, Harding, Lawrence, Meade, Perkins | 20 hr |
| Mar 17, 2:48 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | UNR | Custer, Fall River | 12 hr |
| Mar 17, 7:27 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | UNR | Custer, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 12 hr |
| Mar 17, 2:26 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | UNR | Custer, Fall River, Oglala Lakota | 30 hr |
| Mar 18, 10:52 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | UNR | Butte, Custer, Fall River, Jackson, Lawrence, Meade and 2 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:57 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | UNR | Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Jackson and 4 more | 47 hr |
| Mar 20, 12:00 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Gregory, Union, Yankton | 34 hr |
| Mar 20, 12:09 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | UNR | Butte, Haakon, Jackson, Meade, Mellette, Pennington and 2 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 23, 1:37 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Jackson, Lawrence, Meade and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 24, 1:35 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Jackson, Lawrence, Meade and 2 more | 33 hr |
| Mar 26, 12:25 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Jackson, Mellette, Oglala Lakota and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 26, 12:48 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | Clark, Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin | 22 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:57 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 27, 11:09 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Faulk and 8 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 27, 11:12 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant and 7 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 27, 11:17 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 27, 12:10 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Jackson, Mellette, Oglala Lakota and 3 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:21 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Jackson, Lawrence, Meade and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 29, 1:10 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | UNR | Bennett, Custer, Fall River, Jackson, Lawrence, Meade and 4 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:40 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson, Day and 17 more | 49 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:44 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Perkins, Ziebach | 36 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:02 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Beadle, Brookings, Kingsbury, Lake, Moody | 48 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 | 3 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 3 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 10 |
| Cold | |
| Cold Weather Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 5 |
| High Wind Watch | 3 |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 14 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 8 |
| 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 County19
- Meade County18
- Spink County17
- Clay County17
- Lake County17
- Custer County17
- Faulk County16
- Hand County16
- Hyde County16
- Beadle County16
- Brookings County16
- Kingsbury County16
- Lincoln County16
- McCook County16
- Turner County16
- Yankton County16
- Fall River County16
- Brown County15
- Edmunds County15
- Clark County15
- Codington County15
- Deuel County15
- Grant County15
- Hamlin County15
- Bon Homme County15
- Charles Mix County15
- Jerauld County15
- Miner County15
- Minnehaha County15
- Union County15
- McPherson County14
- Potter County14
- Walworth County14
- Day County14
- Marshall County14
- Roberts County14
- Aurora County14
- Davison County14
- Douglas County14
- Hanson County14
26 more counties
- Hutchinson County14
- Moody County14
- Sanborn County14
- Oglala Lakota County14
- Jackson County14
- Hughes County13
- Sully County13
- Buffalo County13
- Lyman County13
- Brule County13
- Gregory County13
- Lawrence County13
- Campbell County12
- Stanley County12
- Corson County11
- Butte County11
- Bennett County11
- Jones County10
- Dewey County10
- Perkins County9
- Harding County8
- Haakon County8
- Mellette County8
- Todd County8
- Tripp County7
- Ziebach County6
Nearby
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.