Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings

Tornado Warnings in South Dakota, 1988

9 tornado warnings in 1988. 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.

Tornado Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1988. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
9
Busiest month
July6 tornado warnings
Busiest day
July 13, 19883 tornado 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 1:55 PM CDTTornado WarningABRDay35 min
May 31, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLincoln, Turner28 min
Jun 24, 8:51 PM CDTTornado WarningABRRoberts39 min
Jul 12, 8:49 PM CDTTornado WarningABRBrown26 min
Jul 12, 9:20 PM CDTTornado WarningABRBrown25 min
Jul 12, 9:48 PM CDTTornado WarningABRBrown27 min
Jul 23, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningABRHyde31 min
Jul 23, 6:31 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDBrule29 min
Jul 28, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WarningABRHand35 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19871989

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.