Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, May 2016
89 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2016. 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 89
- Busiest day
- May 30, 201621 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Union | 34 min |
| May 9, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle, Sanborn | 15 min |
| May 10, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Gregory | 19 min |
| May 19, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Meade | 31 min |
| May 20, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Pennington | 59 min |
| May 20, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer, Pennington | 59 min |
| May 20, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Lawrence | 59 min |
| May 20, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer, Pennington | 54 min |
| May 20, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer, Pennington | 57 min |
| May 20, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Lawrence | 30 min |
| May 20, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer, Pennington | 67 min |
| May 20, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer, Pennington | 64 min |
| May 22, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Mellette, Todd | 53 min |
| May 22, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Mellette, Todd | 58 min |
| May 22, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Todd | 58 min |
| May 22, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Todd | 65 min |
| May 22, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson, Walworth | 40 min |
| May 22, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell | 46 min |
| May 22, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Todd, Tripp | 59 min |
| May 22, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey, Potter, Walworth | 38 min |
| May 22, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Tripp | 62 min |
| May 22, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Gregory | 41 min |
| May 22, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule, Charles Mix, Gregory | 47 min |
| May 22, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Lyman | 27 min |
| May 22, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Tripp | 49 min |
| May 22, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Bennett, Jackson, Mellette, Todd | 62 min |
| May 22, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule, Charles Mix, Douglas | 39 min |
| May 22, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Gregory | 39 min |
| May 22, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule, Davison, Douglas, Jerauld, Sanborn | 52 min |
| May 23, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Union | 23 min |
| May 24, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Fall River, Oglala Lakota | 59 min |
| May 24, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Bennett, Oglala Lakota | 54 min |
| May 24, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Haakon, Jackson | 39 min |
| May 24, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Jackson, Mellette | 59 min |
| May 24, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Jones, Stanley | 43 min |
| May 24, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Jones | 34 min |
| May 24, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Haakon, Jackson, Mellette | 33 min |
| May 25, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Haakon, Jackson, Pennington | 57 min |
| May 25, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Haakon, Jackson, Pennington | 56 min |
| May 25, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Haakon | 44 min |
| May 25, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Jones, Stanley | 56 min |
| May 25, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hughes, Jones, Lyman, Stanley | 53 min |
| May 25, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hughes, Stanley, Sully | 44 min |
| May 25, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson, Walworth | 29 min |
| May 25, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hughes, Hyde, Stanley | 39 min |
| May 25, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand, Hughes, Hyde | 50 min |
| May 25, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand | 31 min |
| May 25, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle, Jerauld | 44 min |
| May 25, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule, Jerauld | 41 min |
| May 25, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle | 38 min |
| May 25, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory | 51 min |
| May 25, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand, Spink | 9 min |
| May 25, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle, Jerauld, Sanborn | 52 min |
| May 25, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory | 52 min |
| May 25, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Douglas, Hutchinson | 51 min |
| May 25, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle, Kingsbury, Miner, Sanborn | 46 min |
| May 25, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Hutchinson, Yankton | 53 min |
| May 25, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington, Deuel, Hamlin | 28 min |
| May 25, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Clay, Turner, Yankton | 43 min |
| May 26, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds, Faulk, Spink | 33 min |
| May 26, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Tripp | 42 min |
| May 26, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds, Spink | 19 min |
| May 26, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk, Hand | 15 min |
| May 26, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Hyde, Lyman | 10 min |
| May 30, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Lyman | 35 min |
| May 30, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix | 28 min |
| May 30, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Perkins | 60 min |
| May 30, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Butte, Meade | 51 min |
| May 30, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson, Dewey, McPherson, Walworth | 50 min |
| May 30, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Pennington | 49 min |
| May 30, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Perkins | 59 min |
| May 30, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Perkins, Ziebach | 65 min |
| May 30, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Corson | 25 min |
| May 30, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Haakon, Pennington | 60 min |
| May 30, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, McPherson, Walworth | 44 min |
| May 30, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Corson | 57 min |
| May 30, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Meade, Perkins, Ziebach | 57 min |
| May 30, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, McPherson | 36 min |
| May 30, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey | 48 min |
| May 30, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Mellette | 49 min |
| May 30, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey | 30 min |
| May 30, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Jones | 49 min |
| May 30, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Corson, Dewey | 36 min |
| May 30, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hughes, Stanley | 32 min |
| May 30, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Walworth | 47 min |
| May 30, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, McPherson | 33 min |
| May 30, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Edmunds, McPherson, Potter, Walworth | 50 min |
| May 30, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds, McPherson | 45 min |
| May 30, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand, Spink | 40 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pennington County10
- Charles Mix County8
- Campbell County7
- Walworth County7
- Gregory County6
- Mellette County6
- Todd County6
- Corson County6
- Jackson County6
- Haakon County6
- Stanley County6
- McPherson County6
- Beadle County5
- Custer County5
- Dewey County5
- Douglas County5
- Jones County5
- Hughes County5
- Hand County5
- Sanborn County4
- Tripp County4
- Brule County4
- Lyman County4
- Jerauld County4
- Spink County4
- Bon Homme County4
- Edmunds County4
- Perkins County4
- Meade County3
- Aurora County3
- Hyde County3
- Brown County3
- Union County2
- Lawrence County2
- Potter County2
- Bennett County2
- Oglala Lakota County2
- Hutchinson County2
- Yankton County2
- Faulk County2
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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.