South Dakota weather alerts
There are no active weather alerts for South Dakota right now.
Updated from the National Weather Service · lists refresh hourly; the live map loads current alerts directly from the NWS
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South Dakota alerts by type
- South Dakota tornado warnings
- South Dakota tornado watches
- South Dakota severe thunderstorm warnings
- South Dakota flash flood warnings
- South Dakota flood warnings
- South Dakota flood watches
- South Dakota winter storm warnings
- South Dakota winter storm watches
- South Dakota winter weather advisories
- South Dakota blizzard warnings
- South Dakota extreme cold warnings
- South Dakota cold weather advisories
- South Dakota freeze warnings
- South Dakota frost advisories
- South Dakota heat advisories
- South Dakota high wind warnings
- South Dakota wind advisories
- South Dakota red flag warnings
- South Dakota dense fog advisories
South Dakota counties
Every county page lists its active alerts, the alerts issued there in recent days and its full warning and tornado history.
- Aurora County
- Beadle County
- Bennett County
- Bon Homme County
- Brookings County
- Brown County
- Brule County
- Buffalo County
- Butte County
- Campbell County
- Charles Mix County
- Clark County
- Clay County
- Codington County
- Corson County
- Custer County
- Davison County
- Day County
- Deuel County
- Dewey County
- Douglas County
- Edmunds County
- Fall River County
- Faulk County
- Grant County
- Gregory County
- Haakon County
- Hamlin County
- Hand County
- Hanson County
- Harding County
- Hughes County
- Hutchinson County
- Hyde County
- Jackson County
- Jerauld County
- Jones County
- Kingsbury County
- Lake County
- Lawrence County
- Lincoln County
- Lyman County
- Marshall County
- McCook County
- McPherson County
- Meade County
- Mellette County
- Miner County
- Minnehaha County
- Moody County
- Oglala Lakota County
- Pennington County
- Perkins County
- Potter County
- Roberts County
- Sanborn County
- Spink County
- Stanley County
- Sully County
- Todd County
- Tripp County
- Turner County
- Union County
- Walworth County
- Yankton County
- Ziebach County
Cities in South Dakota
How often alerts are issued in South Dakota
Average number of alert events per year in South Dakota, 2016–2025, from the NWS warning archive.
| Alert type | Per year | 2025 | 2026 so far | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 631.7 | 785 | 794 | October 9, 2026 |
| Flood Warning | 110 | 95 | 37 | September 28, 2026 |
| Wind Advisory | 73.8 | 86 | 54 | November 2, 2026 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 65.7 | 61 | 31 | November 2, 2026 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 63.9 | 74 | 72 | September 11, 2026 |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 43.9 | 48 | 57 | November 13, 2026 |
| Tornado Warning | 37.9 | 49 | 42 | September 8, 2026 |
| Red Flag Warning | 37.1 | 45 | 73 | October 23, 2026 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 27 | 26 | 22 | October 9, 2026 |
| Cold Weather Advisory | 25.4 | 30 | 13 | March 16, 2026 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 22.3 | 30 | 32 | October 9, 2026 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 20.1 | 15 | 5 | April 3, 2026 |
| Heat Advisory | 19.8 | 32 | 19 | September 4, 2026 |
| High Wind Warning | 19.5 | 31 | 19 | November 2, 2026 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 19.2 | 11 | 4 | April 3, 2026 |
| Flood Advisory | 11.9 | 0 | 1 | August 16, 2026 |
Tornadoes in South Dakota
South Dakota has recorded 1,945 tornadoes since 1950, an average of 26.8 per year over the last 30 years, with 17 deaths. See South Dakota tornado history, maps and records →