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Tornado Watches in Oklahoma, 1998

39 tornado 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 tornado watches reaches back to 1997.

Tornado Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1998. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
39
Busiest month
June13 tornado watches
Busiest day
April 15, 19983 tornado 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 1:15 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCChoctaw, McCurtain6 hr
Mar 29, 11:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche and 13 more6 hr
Mar 30, 1:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw, Cleveland and 37 more7 hr
Mar 30, 7:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 5 more6 hr
Apr 6, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche and 18 more5 hr
Apr 6, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Cotton and 9 more6 hr
Apr 14, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCaddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 34 more6 hr
Apr 14, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Major, Noble and 4 more6 hr
Apr 14, 11:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCraig, Ottawa5 hr
Apr 15, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Coal, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg and 1 more6 hr
Apr 26, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCarter, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Jefferson and 6 more6 hr
May 6, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Alfalfa, Blaine, Cherokee, Craig, Creek and 23 more6 hr
May 6, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, Hughes and 14 more6 hr
May 8, 1:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCotton7 hr
May 8, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeaver, Beckham, Cimarron, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 4 more5 hr
May 14, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeckham, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Harmon, Harper and 3 more5 hr
May 15, 12:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCCotton, Tillman5 hr
May 24, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCotton7 hr
May 24, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Alfalfa, Blaine, Cherokee, Craig, Creek and 25 more7 hr
May 25, 12:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair6 hr
May 25, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCarter, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Jefferson, Love and 3 more6 hr
May 27, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCMcCurtain7 hr
Jun 4, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Johnston and 7 more6 hr
Jun 7, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCimarron7 hr
Jun 7, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeaver, Texas5 hr
Jun 8, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 29 more6 hr
Jun 8, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes and 10 more6 hr
Jun 8, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCanadian, Cleveland, Coal, Garvin, Grady, Haskell and 12 more5 hr
Jun 9, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCarter, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Jefferson and 7 more6 hr
Jun 9, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Latimer and 5 more5 hr
Jun 13, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 32 more6 hr
Jun 13, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Cleveland, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 25 more6 hr
Jun 17, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche and 18 more7 hr
Jun 19, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCKay, Ottawa6 hr
Jun 20, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche and 24 more7 hr
Oct 4, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Grant and 10 more7 hr
Oct 4, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCaddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 17 more5 hr
Oct 4, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal and 21 more6 hr
Oct 4, 11:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, Hughes and 13 more6 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

37 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. April 15, 19983tornado watches
  2. May 25, 19983tornado watches
  3. June 8, 19983tornado watches
  4. March 30, 19982tornado watches
  5. May 8, 19982tornado watches
  6. May 15, 19982tornado watches
  7. June 9, 19982tornado watches
  8. October 4, 19982tornado watches
  9. October 5, 19982tornado watches
  10. March 19, 19981tornado watches
  11. March 31, 19981tornado watches
  12. April 6, 19981tornado watches

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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.