Storms in Nebraska in 1988
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Nebraska 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.
Nebraska 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
- 155
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 12
- Damage
- $10 million
- Episodes
- 42
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 | 71 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 61 | 0 | 11 | |
| Tornado | 23 | 2 | 1 | $10 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1988
May 1988
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 1, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 6, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 7, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 17, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 18, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 19, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 20, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 28, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 29, 1988
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 30, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 31, 1988
June 1988
- Hail in Nebraska, June 12, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 13, 1988
- Hail in Nebraska, June 15, 1988
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 19, 1988
- Hail in Nebraska, June 22, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 28, 1988
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 29, 1988
July 1988
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 5, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 8, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 11, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 12, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 14, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 15, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 16, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 18, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 24, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 25, 1988
August 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, August 3, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 7, 1988
- Hail in Nebraska, August 8, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, August 9, 1988
- Tornado in Nebraska, August 11, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 12, 1988
- Hail in Nebraska, August 19, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 22, 1988
September 1988
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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.