Storms in Alabama in 1988

280 events in 45 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 1988, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.

Alabama in 1988 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 280
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 59
Damage: $31 million
Episodes: 45

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Injuries	Damage
Thunderstorm Wind	149	0
Hail	111	0
Tornado	20	59	$31 million

Every episode, month by month

January 1988

February 1988

Tornado in Alabama, February 2, 1988$25,000 · F1 · 1 event

March 1988

April 1988

May 1988

June 1988

July 1988

August 1988

September 1988

November 1988

Every year in Alabama Every state in 1988 Tornadoes in Alabama in 1988 Warnings in Alabama in 1988 1987 1989

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.