Special Weather Statements in South Dakota
7,999 special weather statements since 1986. 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 special weather statements reaches back to 2006.
Special Weather Statements by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Special Weather Statements
- 7,999
- Busiest year
- 2016734 special weather statements
- Average year
- 471over 17 years on file
Over time
By year
Only statements with a storm outline are archived, which offices began using widely after 2006.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lawrence County731
- Custer County676
- Pennington County562
- Bennett County412
- Oglala Lakota County412
- Fall River County396
- Todd County370
- Butte County347
- Haakon County315
- Meade County312
- Jackson County297
- Harding County286
- Tripp County259
- Perkins County239
- Ziebach County238
- Mellette County207
- Jones County169
- Brown County164
- Corson County153
- Dewey County153
- Stanley County145
- Lyman County124
- Campbell County120
- Walworth County115
- Day County98
- McPherson County98
- Hughes County97
- Edmunds County90
- Spink County88
- Faulk County87
- Marshall County87
- Roberts County87
- Sully County85
- Hand County77
- Hyde County76
- Potter County75
- Clark County74
- Grant County72
- Deuel County71
- Codington County69
The latest special weather statements
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LBF | Bennett | 47 min |
| Sep 28, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Butte | 25 min |
| Sep 28, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Butte | 22 min |
| Sep 28, 9:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Campbell | 36 min |
| Sep 28, 8:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Corson | 43 min |
| Sep 28, 8:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Campbell | 41 min |
| Sep 27, 12:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Stanley | 30 min |
| Sep 27, 11:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Haakon | 27 min |
| Sep 27, 10:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Stanley | 36 min |
| Sep 27, 9:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Stanley | 32 min |
| Sep 27, 8:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Stanley | 34 min |
| Sep 27, 8:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Dewey | 32 min |
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.