January 19
- 1988 – A small tornado outbreak affected the southeastern United States. An F3 tornado killed 3 people and injured 24 near Williston, Tennessee. Another person was killed by an F2 tornado in Haywood County, Tennessee. An F3 tornado injured 35 people in and near Cullman, Alabama, and an F4 tornado destroyed several homes in Attala County, Mississippi, severely injuring one person.