Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Oklahoma, 1998
42 severe thunderstorm watches in 1998. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 42
- Busiest month
- May11 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 15, 19984 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 9:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 30 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 25, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 25, 9:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Choctaw, McCurtain, Pushmataha | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 1:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | McCurtain | 6 hr |
| Mar 7, 5:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bryan, Carter, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Jackson and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Comanche, Cotton and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 18, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Comanche and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 26, 8:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaver, Texas | 5 hr |
| Mar 27, 7:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal and 32 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 29, 10:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Harper | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 6, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Custer and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 6, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bryan, Choctaw, McCurtain | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cherokee and 41 more | 7 hr |
| May 2, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Comanche and 15 more | 6 hr |
| May 5, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Alfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Cherokee, Cleveland and 34 more | 5 hr |
| May 5, 7:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, McIntosh and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 8, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 9 more | 5 hr |
| May 9, 6:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Coal, Creek and 17 more | 5 hr |
| May 14, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche and 22 more | 6 hr |
| May 15, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 34 more | 6 hr |
| May 15, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Love, Marshall | 6 hr |
| May 15, 5:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Kay, Nowata, Osage, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 25, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cherokee and 47 more | 6 hr |
| May 25, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Comanche, Cotton, Jackson, Jefferson, Stephens, Tillman | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Garvin and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Craig, Kay, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Craig, Delaware, Grant, Kay, Nowata, Osage and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Craig, Ottawa | 5 hr |
| Sep 21, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Cherokee, Craig, Creek and 28 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beckham, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton, Grady and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 5, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Atoka, Carter, Cherokee, Cleveland, Coal and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 5, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | McCurtain | 6 hr |
| Nov 9, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Craig, Creek, Garfield, Kay, Lincoln, Logan and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Nov 9, 8:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 9, 11:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Dec 6, 8:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Caddo, Canadian, Cherokee, Cleveland, Craig and 26 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Comanche County15
- McIntosh County15
- Okfuskee County14
- Craig County14
- Creek County14
- Lincoln County14
- Nowata County14
- Rogers County14
- Washington County14
- Canadian County13
- Garvin County13
- Oklahoma County13
- Payne County13
- Stephens County13
- Pittsburg County13
- Mayes County13
- Osage County13
- Pottawatomie County13
- Wagoner County13
- Cleveland County12
- Cotton County12
- Grady County12
- Logan County12
- Coal County12
- Hughes County12
- Muskogee County12
- Okmulgee County12
- Cherokee County12
- Delaware County12
- Ottawa County12
- Pawnee County12
- Tulsa County12
- Caddo County11
- Garfield County11
- Jackson County11
- Kay County11
- Kingfisher County11
- McClain County11
- Noble County11
- Tillman County11
36 more counties
- Atoka County11
- Bryan County11
- Haskell County11
- Seminole County11
- Sequoyah County11
- Adair County11
- Blaine County10
- Custer County10
- Dewey County10
- Kiowa County10
- Choctaw County10
- Johnston County10
- Latimer County10
- Marshall County10
- Pontotoc County10
- McCurtain County10
- Murray County10
- Carter County9
- Grant County9
- Greer County9
- Jefferson County9
- Washita County9
- LeFlore County9
- Pushmataha County9
- Harmon County8
- Major County8
- Alfalfa County7
- Love County7
- Beckham County6
- Roger Mills County6
- Ellis County5
- Woods County5
- Woodward County5
- Harper County4
- Beaver County1
- Texas County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.