Storms in Mississippi in 1988
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi 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.
Mississippi 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
- 374
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 32
- Damage
- $25 million
- Episodes
- 64
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 | 177 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 130 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tornado | 67 | 2 | 31 | $25 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1988
February 1988
March 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 3, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 4, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 12, 1988
- Hail in Mississippi, March 25, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 26, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 29, 1988
April 1988
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 2, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 5, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 6, 1988
- Tornado in Mississippi, April 17, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 18, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 23, 1988
May 1988
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 8, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 9, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 10, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 21, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 22, 1988
- Hail in Mississippi, May 23, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 24, 1988
June 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 2, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 3, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 8, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 9, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 18, 1988
- Hail in Mississippi, June 19, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 20, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 21, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 22, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 23, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 26, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 27, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 29, 1988
July 1988
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 2, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 3, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 11, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 15, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 16, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 25, 1988
- Hail in Mississippi, July 29, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 31, 1988
August 1988
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 1, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 2, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 3, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 16, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 20, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 23, 1988
- Hail in Mississippi, August 26, 1988
September 1988
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, September 16, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, September 24, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, September 30, 1988
October 1988
November 1988
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, November 3, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, November 4, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, November 12, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, November 19, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, November 20, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, November 26, 1988
December 1988
More
Every year in MississippiEvery state in 1988Tornadoes in Mississippi in 1988Warnings in Mississippi in 198819871989
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.