Delaware, 1988Damaging Winds in Delaware, August 15, 1988
August 15, 1988 · NWS WBC · 3 events in 2 counties and zones
3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kent
- When
- August 15, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kent County
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -75.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Kent
- When
- August 15, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kent County
- Coordinates
- 39.170, -75.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Sussex
- When
- August 15, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Sussex County
- Coordinates
- 38.800, -75.580
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, August 15, 19883 injured · 62 kt wind · 10 events
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 15, 198852 kt wind · 18 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 15, 19881.75 in hail · 14 events
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 15, 198813 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 15, 19880.75 in hail · 10 events
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 15, 198871 kt wind · 6 events
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 15, 19885 events
- Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, August 15, 19884 events
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 15, 19882 events
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, August 15, 19882 events
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, August 15, 19881 event
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 15, 19881 event
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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 9985989, 9987484, 9985990.