Alert archive / South Dakota / Buffalo County
Weather alerts in Buffalo County, South Dakota, 2008
127 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Buffalo County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 127
- Warnings
- 34
- Watches
- 25
- Advisories
- 29
- Busiest month
- July31 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 17, 20087 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 1 tornado warnings covering Buffalo County in 2008 had a tornado report inside them.
Buffalo County, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 21 | 9 | 57% | 2 | 100% | 32 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Aberdeen, SD: tornado warnings | 29 | 7 | 76% | 14 | 71% | 14 min |
| NWS Aberdeen, SD: severe thunderstorm warnings | 259 | 122 | 53% | 247 | 79% | 22 min |
| NWS Aberdeen, SD: flash flood warnings | 9 | 4 | 56% | 6 | 67% | 41 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2:33 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ABR | 20 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:45 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | 24 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:26 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ABR | 45 hr |
| Feb 4, 10:24 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | 5 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:43 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ABR | 47 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:51 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | 20 hr |
| Feb 11, 7:07 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Feb 11, 10:56 AM CST | Snow Advisory | ABR | 7 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:17 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ABR | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:30 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ABR | 18 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:47 PM CDT | Snow Advisory | ABR | 20 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:39 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | 45 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:14 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | 16 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:41 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | 23 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:55 PM CDT | Heavy Snow Warning | ABR | 24 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:42 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | 36 hr |
| Apr 9, 7:45 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ABR | 8 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:49 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | ABR | 35 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Apr 10, 7:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:48 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | 29 hr |
| Apr 20, 4:20 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | 15 hr |
| Apr 25, 7:56 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | 12 hr |
| May 1, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 2, 4:23 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | 19 hr |
| May 10, 4:10 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | 15 hr |
| May 19, 11:44 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | 9 hr |
| May 24, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 24, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | 62 min |
| May 24, 6:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| May 28, 11:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 2, 7:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 10:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 4, 3:43 PM CDT | Flood Watch | ABR | 20 hr |
| Jun 5, 10:11 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 5, 11:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ABR | 23 hr |
| Jun 5, 2:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 5, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | 58 min |
| Jun 5, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | 44 min |
| Jun 10, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 10, 10:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Jun 11, 12:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 36 min |
| Jun 11, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:19 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 12, 2:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jun 21, 3:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 21, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | 22 min |
| Jun 24, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 11:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jun 26, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | 17 min |
| Jun 26, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | 46 min |
| Jun 27, 2:03 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jun 28, 4:13 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | 16 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jul 11, 4:32 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | 16 hr |
| Jul 16, 4:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jul 16, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 16, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | 66 min |
| Jul 16, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | 32 min |
| Jul 16, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | 47 min |
| Jul 16, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 11:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jul 18, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 11:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jul 19, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | 64 min |
| Jul 19, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | 35 min |
| Jul 23, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jul 24, 9:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jul 26, 8:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jul 26, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 26, 11:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jul 26, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | 64 min |
| Jul 27, 2:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jul 27, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 27, 7:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jul 28, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jul 28, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | 61 min |
| Jul 28, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | 34 min |
| Jul 28, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | 28 min |
| Jul 28, 8:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jul 30, 7:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jul 30, 5:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jul 31, 12:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Aug 11, 4:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABR | 19 hr |
| Aug 11, 1:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Aug 11, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | 60 min |
| Aug 11, 4:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 5:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Aug 14, 4:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Aug 14, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 4:06 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | 15 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:33 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | 17 hr |
| Aug 26, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:36 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | 17 hr |
| Sep 1, 2:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Sep 22, 8:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Sep 22, 10:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Sep 24, 11:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Sep 28, 3:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Oct 8, 7:46 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | ABR | 9 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:03 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | ABR | 18 hr |
| Oct 25, 11:48 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | ABR | 16 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:51 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | ABR | 15 hr |
| Nov 4, 4:35 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | 11 hr |
| Nov 4, 4:04 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | ABR | 21 hr |
| Nov 5, 4:48 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | 55 hr |
| Nov 6, 4:48 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | 31 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:00 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | 24 hr |
| Nov 13, 2:45 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ABR | 27 hr |
| Dec 2, 9:32 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | 14 hr |
| Dec 8, 4:10 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | 17 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:49 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | ABR | 24 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:36 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ABR | 47 hr |
| Dec 14, 12:07 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 14, 12:02 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:33 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | ABR | 23 hr |
| Dec 19, 4:49 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | 31 hr |
| Dec 20, 11:50 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | ABR | 28 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:40 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ABR | 19 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.