Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1988
134 severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 134
- Busiest month
- July49 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- August 3, 198812 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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, 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 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 19, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Burt, Washington | 69 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, 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 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, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur | 61 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, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte, Scotts Bluff, Sioux | 25 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, 3:38 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 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 14, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 32 min |
| 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, 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, 6:26 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 24, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nance | 33 min |
| Jul 24, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Burt | 66 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, 4:32 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, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 29 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 12, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson, Gosper | 52 min |
| 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 county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dawes County9
- Saunders County7
- Douglas County7
- Sheridan County7
- Washington County6
- Scotts Bluff County6
- Box Butte County6
- Cherry County6
- Hall County5
- Dodge County5
- Sioux County5
- Hamilton County5
- Lincoln County5
- Howard County5
- Buffalo County4
- Lancaster County4
- Saline County4
- Burt County4
- Cass County4
- Sarpy County4
- Garden County4
- Seward County3
- Cheyenne County3
- Kimball County3
- York County3
- Merrick County3
- Adams County3
- Nance County3
- Dawson County3
- Keya Paha County3
- Keith County3
- Sherman County2
- Butler County2
- Frontier County2
- Kearney County2
- Otoe County2
- Red Willow County2
- Fillmore County2
- Phelps County2
- Deuel County2
33 more counties
- Clay County2
- Nuckolls County2
- Polk County2
- Thayer County2
- Gage County2
- Brown County2
- Morrill County2
- Thomas County2
- Colfax County1
- Platte County1
- Custer County1
- Franklin County1
- Arthur County1
- Wheeler County1
- Greeley County1
- Pawnee County1
- Antelope County1
- Cedar County1
- Knox County1
- Pierce County1
- Logan County1
- McPherson County1
- Jefferson County1
- Grant County1
- Boyd County1
- Holt County1
- Rock County1
- Chase County1
- Gosper County1
- Dakota County1
- Thurston County1
- Hitchcock County1
- Johnson County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.