Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Oklahoma, 1998
180 tornado warnings 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 180
- Busiest month
- October61 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- October 5, 199840 tornado warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 6:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 37 min |
| Mar 30, 6:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 6:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 51 min |
| Mar 30, 7:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 7:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 42 min |
| Apr 6, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cotton, Tillman | 66 min |
| Apr 6, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cotton, Stephens | 58 min |
| Apr 6, 11:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 46 min |
| Apr 7, 12:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 39 min |
| Apr 14, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Caddo | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garvin, Pontotoc | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 10:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 54 min |
| May 6, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Blaine, Dewey | 35 min |
| May 6, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 49 min |
| May 6, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Blaine | 30 min |
| May 6, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 46 min |
| May 6, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 40 min |
| May 6, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 61 min |
| May 6, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair | 29 min |
| May 6, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair | 25 min |
| May 6, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell | 36 min |
| May 6, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 45 min |
| May 6, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 42 min |
| May 6, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 45 min |
| May 6, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 26 min |
| May 6, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 34 min |
| May 8, 11:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Washita | 27 min |
| May 24, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant | 33 min |
| May 24, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grant | 34 min |
| May 24, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grant | 47 min |
| May 24, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grant | 31 min |
| May 24, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Kay | 33 min |
| May 24, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 52 min |
| May 24, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble | 31 min |
| May 24, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Kay | 31 min |
| May 24, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grant | 24 min |
| May 24, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grant | 30 min |
| May 24, 9:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata | 41 min |
| May 24, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 65 min |
| May 24, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grant | 46 min |
| May 24, 10:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Woods | 37 min |
| May 24, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 30 min |
| May 24, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Kay | 48 min |
| May 24, 10:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant | 44 min |
| May 24, 10:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Woods, Woodward | 38 min |
| May 24, 10:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 62 min |
| May 24, 11:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Woods | 35 min |
| May 24, 11:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garfield | 46 min |
| May 24, 11:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Noble | 40 min |
| May 24, 11:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Garfield, Major | 27 min |
| May 25, 12:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garfield | 47 min |
| May 25, 1:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Woods | 37 min |
| May 25, 4:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Blaine, Kingfisher | 30 min |
| May 25, 4:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Canadian | 28 min |
| May 25, 4:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher | 30 min |
| May 25, 5:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Canadian | 32 min |
| Jun 8, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Canadian, Oklahoma | 35 min |
| Jun 8, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 35 min |
| Jun 8, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 70 min |
| Jun 8, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Kay | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland | 24 min |
| Jun 8, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie, Seminole | 32 min |
| Jun 8, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Hughes, Seminole | 35 min |
| Jun 8, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 51 min |
| Jun 8, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Hughes | 34 min |
| Jun 8, 8:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Pittsburg | 70 min |
| Jun 8, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 10:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Blaine, Kingfisher | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Kingfisher | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Logan | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Canadian | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Payne | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Canadian, Oklahoma | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Noble | 24 min |
| Jun 13, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma | 50 min |
| Jun 13, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Noble | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 54 min |
| Jun 13, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Canadian, Grady | 30 min |
| Jun 13, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Oklahoma | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Wagoner | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Wagoner | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okmulgee | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Pittsburg | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 10:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 38 min |
| Jun 18, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 10:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 11:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 51 min |
| Jun 19, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garfield | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garfield | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Caddo | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garfield | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Caddo, Grady | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Kingfisher | 32 min |
| Sep 21, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garfield | 40 min |
| Sep 21, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan | 38 min |
| Sep 21, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Logan, Payne | 41 min |
| Sep 21, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Blaine, Dewey | 26 min |
| Sep 21, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Blaine, Kingfisher | 35 min |
| Sep 21, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Logan, Payne | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 28 min |
| Sep 21, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 34 min |
| Oct 4, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Major, Woods | 35 min |
| Oct 4, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Major, Woods | 48 min |
| Oct 4, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grant | 52 min |
| Oct 4, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Blaine | 33 min |
| Oct 4, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 48 min |
| Oct 4, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Blaine | 33 min |
| Oct 4, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Caddo | 32 min |
| Oct 4, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa | 36 min |
| Oct 4, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Kay | 49 min |
| Oct 4, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garfield, Kingfisher | 34 min |
| Oct 4, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grant | 35 min |
| Oct 4, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Kingfisher | 29 min |
| Oct 4, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche | 33 min |
| Oct 4, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garfield, Noble | 40 min |
| Oct 4, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Kingfisher, Logan | 39 min |
| Oct 4, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Payne | 36 min |
| Oct 4, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Caddo, Grady | 32 min |
| Oct 4, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 45 min |
| Oct 4, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grady | 27 min |
| Oct 4, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Noble, Payne | 35 min |
| Oct 4, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan | 50 min |
| Oct 4, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Payne | 52 min |
| Oct 4, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | McClain | 26 min |
| Oct 4, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 40 min |
| Oct 4, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Payne | 32 min |
| Oct 4, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland | 35 min |
| Oct 4, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Canadian | 49 min |
| Oct 4, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Payne | 19 min |
| Oct 4, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 48 min |
| Oct 4, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain | 29 min |
| Oct 4, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 25 min |
| Oct 4, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek | 45 min |
| Oct 4, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Oklahoma | 29 min |
| Oct 4, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 51 min |
| Oct 4, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Oklahoma | 34 min |
| Oct 4, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Pottawatomie | 48 min |
| Oct 4, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Oklahoma | 32 min |
| Oct 4, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 33 min |
| Oct 4, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 50 min |
| Oct 4, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Pottawatomie | 34 min |
| Oct 4, 10:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Washington | 43 min |
| Oct 4, 10:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Seminole | 56 min |
| Oct 4, 10:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 49 min |
| Oct 4, 10:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie | 14 min |
| Oct 4, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Rogers | 34 min |
| Oct 4, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 48 min |
| Oct 4, 10:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Washington | 39 min |
| Oct 4, 10:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee | 41 min |
| Oct 4, 10:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Rogers | 34 min |
| Oct 4, 11:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 38 min |
| Oct 4, 11:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Okmulgee | 51 min |
| Oct 5, 12:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Wagoner | 29 min |
| Oct 5, 12:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 46 min |
| Oct 5, 3:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Logan, Payne | 36 min |
| Oct 5, 3:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Logan, Oklahoma | 37 min |
| Oct 5, 3:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Payne | 27 min |
| Oct 5, 4:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Payne | 25 min |
| Oct 17, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa, Washington | 33 min |
| Oct 17, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers | 53 min |
| Oct 28, 5:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 26 min |
| Oct 28, 5:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Logan, Payne | 37 min |
| Nov 9, 11:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg | 40 min |
| Nov 9, 11:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Sequoyah | 38 min |
| Nov 9, 11:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 36 min |
| Nov 9, 11:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell | 31 min |
| Nov 10, 12:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 45 min |
| Nov 10, 12:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 38 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Garfield County13
- Osage County12
- Grant County12
- Kingfisher County12
- Payne County12
- Oklahoma County11
- Logan County10
- Canadian County9
- LeFlore County8
- Blaine County8
- Muskogee County7
- Pittsburg County7
- Caddo County7
- Alfalfa County7
- Kay County7
- Cleveland County7
- Latimer County7
- McIntosh County6
- Sequoyah County6
- Haskell County6
- Noble County6
- Woods County6
- Lincoln County6
- Pawnee County6
- Creek County5
- Cherokee County4
- Adair County4
- Okmulgee County4
- Nowata County4
- Washington County4
- Pottawatomie County4
- Grady County4
- Tulsa County4
- Major County3
- Seminole County3
- Wagoner County3
- Okfuskee County3
- Rogers County3
- Cotton County2
- Pushmataha County2
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. Rebuilt daily.