Storms in Arkansas in 1988
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arkansas 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.
Arkansas 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
The year
- Events
- 310
- Deaths
- 8
- Injuries
- 125
- Damage
- $149 million
- Episodes
- 58
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 | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 182 | 1 | 5 | |
| Hail | 107 | 1 | 13 | |
| Tornado | 21 | 6 | 107 | $149 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1988
March 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 11, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, March 24, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 25, 1988
- Hail in Arkansas, March 28, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 29, 1988
April 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 1, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 5, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 17, 1988
- Hail in Arkansas, April 18, 1988
May 1988
- Hail in Arkansas, May 3, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 8, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 9, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 12, 1988
- Hail in Arkansas, May 13, 1988
- Hail in Arkansas, May 21, 1988
- Hail in Arkansas, May 22, 1988
June 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 2, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 8, 1988
- Hail in Arkansas, June 9, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 17, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 21, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 29, 1988
July 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 1, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 3, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 4, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 5, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 11, 1988
- Tornado in Arkansas, July 12, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 18, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 19, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 20, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 21, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 24, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 25, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 26, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 28, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 29, 1988
August 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 1, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 3, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 4, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 6, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 21, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 23, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 27, 1988
September 1988
November 1988
- Hail in Arkansas, November 4, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, November 9, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, November 12, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, November 15, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, November 16, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, November 18, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, November 19, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, November 25, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, November 26, 1988
December 1988
More
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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.