Alert archive / South Dakota / Red Flag Warnings
Red Flag Warnings in South Dakota, 2023
12 red flag warnings in 2023. 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 red flag warnings reaches back to 2005.
Red Flag Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 12
- Busiest month
- April9 red flag warnings
- Busiest day
- April 10, 20233 red flag 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 12:30 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Union | 8 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:46 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Clay, Hanson, Hutchinson, Lincoln, McCook and 4 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:44 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay and 14 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:01 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | UNR | Bennett, Fall River, Jackson, Mellette, Oglala Lakota, Todd and 1 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:58 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Jones, Lyman | 30 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:19 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Clay, Lincoln, Union, Yankton | 28 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:16 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison, Douglas, Gregory and 10 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:13 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Clay, Davison and 14 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:08 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Corson, Dewey, Jones, Lyman, Stanley | 19 hr |
| May 2, 3:37 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Brookings, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Moody, Union | 16 hr |
| Nov 13, 2:25 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Hughes, Jones, Lyman, Stanley | 4 hr |
| Nov 13, 2:28 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas and 3 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Union County6
- Lincoln County6
- Clay County5
- Minnehaha County5
- Yankton County5
- Bon Homme County4
- Hanson County4
- Hutchinson County4
- McCook County4
- Turner County4
- Davison County4
- Douglas County4
- Aurora County3
- Beadle County3
- Charles Mix County3
- Gregory County3
- Jerauld County3
- Sanborn County3
- Jones County3
- Lyman County3
- Moody County3
- Brule County2
- Miner County2
- Buffalo County2
- Lake County2
- Brookings County2
- Stanley County2
- Bennett County1
- Fall River County1
- Jackson County1
- Mellette County1
- Oglala Lakota County1
- Todd County1
- Tripp County1
- Kingsbury County1
- Corson County1
- Dewey County1
- Hughes County1
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.