Summary for August 4 1998:Widely scattered thunderstorms developed in northeast Oklahoma on the afternoon and evening of August 4 along a nearly stationary front as an upper level disturbance approached. One thunderstorm became severe across northern Rogers County.
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The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
Summary for August 4 1998:Widely scattered thunderstorms developed in northeast Oklahoma on the afternoon and evening of August 4 along a nearly stationary front as an upper level disturbance approached. One thunderstorm became severe across northern Rogers County.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A mobile home was blown onto a highway and destroyed. However, it should be noted that the mobile home had not yet been tied down.
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