Alert archive / South Dakota / Blizzard Warnings
Blizzard Warnings in South Dakota, 2020
6 blizzard warnings in 2020. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of blizzard warnings reaches back to 2005.
Blizzard Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 6
- Busiest month
- January2 blizzard warnings
- Busiest day
- January 17, 20202 blizzard warnings
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 3:48 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Day and 13 more | 38 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:57 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 38 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:38 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Faulk and 9 more | 21 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:32 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Beadle, Brookings, Kingsbury | 26 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:23 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin and 3 more | 31 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:38 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 36 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clark County3
- Codington County3
- Day County3
- Deuel County3
- Grant County3
- Hamlin County3
- Marshall County3
- Roberts County3
- Spink County3
- Beadle County3
- Brookings County3
- Kingsbury County3
- Buffalo County2
- Faulk County2
- Hand County2
- Hyde County2
- Aurora County2
- Bon Homme County2
- Brule County2
- Charles Mix County2
- Clay County2
- Davison County2
- Douglas County2
- Gregory County2
- Hanson County2
- Hutchinson County2
- Jerauld County2
- Lake County2
- Lincoln County2
- McCook County2
- Miner County2
- Minnehaha County2
- Moody County2
- Sanborn County2
- Turner County2
- Union County2
- Yankton County2
- Brown County1
- Campbell County1
- Edmunds County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.