Hail, Greer
- When
- January 31, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Greer County, Willow
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.050, -99.520
Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, January 31, 1998
6 hail, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Garfield
- When
- January 31, 9:13 AM CST
- Where
- Garfield County, (Wdg) Woodring Arpt
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.380, -97.780
Hail, Kiowa
- When
- January 31, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County, 2 mi NNE of Cooperton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.900, -98.850
Hail, Kiowa
- When
- January 31, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County, 1 mi N of Cooperton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -98.870
3/4-inch hail covered Highway 54 to depths of 3-inches.
Flash Flood, Kiowa
- When
- January 31, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa County, Cold Spgs
- Coordinates
- 34.916, -98.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
3 inches of rain fell at Cold Springs in only a few hours.
Hail, Comanche
- When
- January 31, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County, 8 mi W of Meers
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -98.700
Nickel-sized hail fell at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.
Hail, Comanche
- When
- January 31, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County, Meers to 10 mi N of Sterling
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -98.750
Numerous reports of nickel-sized hail were received from the northern portion of Comanche County.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Avalanche in Alaska, January 31, 1998
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5631794, 5631800, 5631795, 5631796, 5631797, 5631798, 5631799.