Alert archive / South Dakota / Blizzard Warnings
Blizzard Warnings in South Dakota, 2026
5 blizzard warnings in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 5
- Busiest month
- January2 blizzard warnings
- Busiest day
- January 18, 20261 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 18, 2:12 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Day, Grant, Marshall, Roberts | 19 hr |
| Jan 21, 10:13 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Beadle, Brookings, Kingsbury, Lake, Moody | 8 hr |
| Feb 18, 4:36 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Clark, Day, Edmunds, Faulk and 3 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:23 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel and 17 more | 50 hr |
| Mar 13, 9:20 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 56 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Day County3
- Grant County2
- Marshall County2
- Roberts County2
- Beadle County2
- Brookings County2
- Kingsbury County2
- Lake County2
- Moody County2
- Brown County2
- Clark County2
- Edmunds County2
- Faulk County2
- McPherson County2
- Spink County2
- Walworth County2
- Campbell County1
- Buffalo County1
- Codington County1
- Deuel County1
- Hamlin County1
- Hand County1
- Hughes County1
- Hyde County1
- Jones County1
- Lyman County1
- Potter County1
- Stanley County1
- Sully County1
- Aurora County1
- Bon Homme County1
- Brule County1
- Charles Mix County1
- Clay County1
- Davison County1
- Douglas County1
- Gregory County1
- Hanson County1
- Hutchinson County1
- Jerauld County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.