Weather alerts in Nebraska, 1988
171 weather alerts in 1988, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 171
- Warnings
- 171
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- July67 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 15, 198813 alerts
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Sherman | 69 min |
| Apr 25, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall | 63 min |
| May 7, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Washington | 57 min |
| May 7, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saunders | 57 min |
| May 7, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Dodge | 59 min |
| May 7, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster, Saline | 66 min |
| May 7, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Douglas, Saunders | 56 min |
| May 7, 10:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Douglas | 21 min |
| May 7, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Colfax, Platte | 58 min |
| May 7, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler | 27 min |
| May 7, 11:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Sarpy | 18 min |
| May 8, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saunders | 69 min |
| May 8, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Burt | 56 min |
| May 17, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier | 25 min |
| May 17, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Custer | 34 min |
| May 17, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Kearney | 63 min |
| May 18, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saline, Seward | 48 min |
| May 18, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 52 min |
| May 19, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Burt, Washington | 69 min |
| May 19, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Burt | 26 min |
| May 19, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Otoe | 63 min |
| May 19, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saunders | 63 min |
| May 20, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass | 40 min |
| May 20, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Sarpy | 39 min |
| May 20, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Douglas | 59 min |
| May 20, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cedar | 37 min |
| May 20, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Dodge | 27 min |
| May 20, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Dodge | 33 min |
| May 20, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass, Sarpy | 47 min |
| May 20, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Douglas | 51 min |
| May 28, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Douglas | 28 min |
| May 29, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Howard | 34 min |
| May 31, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Burt, Washington | 50 min |
| Jun 12, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Dawes | 66 min |
| Jun 13, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff, Sioux | 68 min |
| Jun 13, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes, Sioux | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Sheridan | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sheridan | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 17 min |
| Jun 13, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Red Willow | 35 min |
| Jun 23, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Cheyenne, Kimball | 65 min |
| Jun 24, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Hamilton, York | 39 min |
| Jun 29, 2:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Cheyenne | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Scotts Bluff, Sioux | 25 min |
| Jun 29, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phelps | 62 min |
| Jul 6, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Deuel | 32 min |
| Jul 7, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 51 min |
| Jul 7, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Polk | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | York | 36 min |
| Jul 7, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Hamilton, Nuckolls | 67 min |
| Jul 7, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton, Merrick, Polk | 65 min |
| Jul 7, 4:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Adams, Hall, Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Merrick | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Butler | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saunders | 38 min |
| Jul 8, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Hall | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Hall | 46 min |
| Jul 8, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Thayer | 58 min |
| Jul 8, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nance | 16 min |
| Jul 8, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 18 min |
| Jul 8, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Cheyenne | 60 min |
| Jul 11, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard | 66 min |
| Jul 11, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Howard | 29 min |
| Jul 14, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 9:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Chase, Dundy, Hayes | 115 min |
| Jul 14, 9:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Hitchcock, Red Willow | 115 min |
| Jul 14, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hayes, Hitchcock | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 9:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Dawson | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 11:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Dawson | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 61 min |
| Jul 15, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Douglas, Sarpy | 29 min |
| Jul 15, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Douglas, Sarpy | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage | 18 min |
| Jul 15, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pawnee | 48 min |
| Jul 15, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Otoe | 39 min |
| Jul 16, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 68 min |
| Jul 16, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry, Sheridan | 58 min |
| Jul 16, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha | 56 min |
| Jul 17, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Antelope, Cedar, Knox, Pierce | 45 min |
| Jul 17, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 2:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes | 67 min |
| Jul 18, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Howard, Nance | 57 min |
| Jul 18, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Thayer | 56 min |
| Jul 18, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sioux | 55 min |
| Jul 18, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Howard, Merrick | 57 min |
| Jul 18, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Howard, Merrick | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall, Hamilton | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Scotts Bluff, Sioux | 25 min |
| Jul 18, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Morrill, Scotts Bluff | 64 min |
| Jul 18, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Hamilton | 62 min |
| Jul 18, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Kimball | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Thomas | 55 min |
| Jul 18, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Kimball | 35 min |
| Jul 18, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Logan, McPherson | 55 min |
| Jul 19, 2:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Franklin, Kearney, Phelps, Webster | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nance | 33 min |
| Jul 24, 4:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hamilton | 27 min |
| Jul 24, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Burt | 66 min |
| Jul 24, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Colfax, Platte | 22 min |
| Jul 24, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Madison | 22 min |
| Jul 24, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Dodge, Washington | 68 min |
| Jul 24, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Butler, Lancaster | 61 min |
| Jul 24, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saunders | 37 min |
| Jul 24, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Lancaster, Seward | 62 min |
| Jul 24, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Seward | 22 min |
| Jul 24, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saline | 59 min |
| Jul 25, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Saline | 16 min |
| Jul 25, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Gage, Jefferson | 56 min |
| Jul 26, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 41 min |
| Jul 26, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Garden | 63 min |
| Jul 26, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sheridan | 67 min |
| Aug 3, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes | 63 min |
| Aug 3, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Garden, Sheridan | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Grant | 69 min |
| Aug 3, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Thomas | 58 min |
| Aug 3, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Cherry | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 50 min |
| Aug 3, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 58 min |
| Aug 3, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Rock | 23 min |
| Aug 3, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 65 min |
| Aug 7, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | York | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 55 min |
| Aug 8, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hayes, Lincoln | 25 min |
| Aug 8, 9:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hayes, Lincoln | 13 min |
| Aug 8, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Banner, Morrill | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Morrill | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Cheyenne | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Garden | 65 min |
| Aug 9, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Cheyenne, Deuel, Garden | 67 min |
| Aug 9, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 65 min |
| Aug 9, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Keith | 69 min |
| Aug 11, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Banner, Morrill | 35 min |
| Aug 12, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson, Gosper | 52 min |
| Aug 12, 11:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LBF | Red Willow | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes | 59 min |
| Aug 19, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes | 59 min |
| Aug 19, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Dawes | 56 min |
| Aug 19, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Sioux | 61 min |
| Aug 19, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Morrill, Scotts Bluff | 60 min |
| Aug 20, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes | 59 min |
| Aug 20, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sheridan | 63 min |
| Aug 22, 2:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dakota, Thurston | 56 min |
| Aug 22, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Douglas, Sarpy | 23 min |
| Sep 1, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Sherman | 59 min |
| Sep 2, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Washington | 60 min |
| Sep 2, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Douglas | 60 min |
| Sep 2, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk, York | 49 min |
| Sep 18, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hitchcock, Red Willow | 67 min |
| Sep 18, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 52 min |
| Sep 18, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Phelps | 55 min |
| Sep 18, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Hall, Howard | 64 min |
| Sep 18, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Kearney | 64 min |
| Sep 27, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 58 min |
| Sep 28, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Dodge, Washington | 52 min |
| Oct 22, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Cass | 55 min |
| Oct 22, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Johnson | 59 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 134 |
| Tornado Warning | 29 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 8 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Douglas County10
- Lincoln County10
- Dawes County9
- Cherry County8
- Saunders County7
- Sarpy County7
- Howard County7
- Scotts Bluff County7
- Sheridan County7
- Hamilton County7
- Hall County6
- Washington County6
- Box Butte County6
- Sioux County6
- Dodge County5
- Burt County5
- Cheyenne County5
- Dawson County5
- Morrill County5
- Buffalo County4
- Lancaster County4
- Saline County4
- Cass County4
- Keith County4
- Red Willow County4
- York County4
- Merrick County4
- Adams County4
- Hayes County4
- Garden County4
- Butler County3
- Kearney County3
- Seward County3
- Kimball County3
- Phelps County3
- Polk County3
- Nance County3
- Hitchcock County3
- Keya Paha County3
- Sherman County2
38 more counties
- Colfax County2
- Platte County2
- Frontier County2
- Franklin County2
- Otoe County2
- Cedar County2
- Fillmore County2
- Deuel County2
- Clay County2
- Nuckolls County2
- Thayer County2
- Chase County2
- Gage County2
- Brown County2
- Thomas County2
- Banner County2
- Custer County1
- Arthur County1
- Wheeler County1
- Greeley County1
- Dundy County1
- Pawnee County1
- Antelope County1
- Knox County1
- Pierce County1
- Logan County1
- McPherson County1
- Webster County1
- Madison County1
- Jefferson County1
- Grant County1
- Boyd County1
- Holt County1
- Rock County1
- Gosper County1
- Dakota County1
- Thurston County1
- Johnson County1
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. Rebuilt daily.