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Tornado Watches in South Dakota, 2003

22 tornado watches in 2003. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.

Tornado Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2003. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
22
Busiest month
June11 tornado watches
Busiest day
June 9, 20032 tornado watches

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
Jun 9, 2:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAurora, Bennett, Brule, Buffalo, Charles Mix, Gregory and 12 more6 hr
Jun 9, 6:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Union6 hr
Jun 11, 2:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBennett, Haakon, Hughes, Jackson, Jones, Lyman and 4 more6 hr
Jun 11, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brown, Brule, Buffalo and 22 more4 hr
Jun 22, 2:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeadle, Brookings, Brown, Clark, Codington, Day and 12 more6 hr
Jun 22, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAurora, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison and 10 more5 hr
Jun 23, 5:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Hutchinson, Lincoln, Turner and 2 more5 hr
Jun 23, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBon Homme, Brookings, Charles Mix, Clark, Clay, Codington and 18 more4 hr
Jun 23, 10:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCUnion5 hr
Jun 24, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAurora, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay and 17 more8 hr
Jun 24, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Charles Mix, Clay and 17 more5 hr
Jul 2, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDeuel, Grant, Roberts6 hr
Jul 4, 9:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Union6 hr
Jul 5, 7:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Douglas, Gregory, Hutchinson and 7 more6 hr
Jul 6, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 25 more6 hr
Jul 6, 9:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBon Homme, Clay, Hutchinson, Lincoln, Turner, Union and 1 more6 hr
Jul 8, 3:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Harding, Jackson and 5 more7 hr
Jul 8, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAurora, Beadle, Bennett, Bon Homme, Brown, Brule and 41 more5 hr
Jul 8, 11:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAurora, Bon Homme, Brule, Buffalo, Charles Mix, Clay and 16 more5 hr
Jul 20, 2:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBon Homme, Clay, Union, Yankton6 hr
Sep 10, 1:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Union6 hr
Sep 10, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAurora, Beadle, Brown, Brule, Buffalo, Campbell and 22 more5 hr

By county

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

26 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. June 9, 20032tornado watches
  2. June 11, 20032tornado watches
  3. June 22, 20032tornado watches
  4. June 23, 20032tornado watches
  5. June 24, 20032tornado watches
  6. July 7, 20032tornado watches
  7. July 9, 20032tornado watches
  8. September 10, 20032tornado watches
  9. June 25, 20031tornado watches
  10. July 3, 20031tornado watches
  11. July 5, 20031tornado watches
  12. July 6, 20031tornado watches

Nearby

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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.