Oklahoma, 1998Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, January 4 to 5, 1998
January 4 to 5, 1998 · NWS OUN · 6 events in 5 counties and zones
5 flash flood, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
Lightning, Seminole
- When
- January 4, 5:10 AM CST
- Where
- Seminole County, Little
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Coordinates
- 35.168, -96.615 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck and set fire to a house. The house and its contents were destroyed.
Flash Flood, Pontotoc
- When
- January 4, 7:40 AM CST
- Where
- Pontotoc County, 3 mi N of Ada
- Coordinates
- 34.728, -96.684 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A county bridge north of Ada was flooded.
Flash Flood, Murray
- When
- January 4, 10:45 AM CST to 11:45 AM CST
- Where
- Murray County, 1 mi S of Sulphur
- Coordinates
- 34.482, -97.068 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
After 3.3 inches of rain fell at the Chickasaw National Recreation Area, two feet of water covered roads at three low water crossings and water was standing in picnic areas.
Flash Flood, Choctaw
- When
- January 4, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Choctaw County, Hugo
- Coordinates
- 34.027, -95.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Water covered several roads in town.
Flash Flood, Atoka
- When
- January 5, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Atoka County, 1 mi E of Wardville
- Coordinates
- 34.374, -96.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Highway 131 was closed due to high water.
Flash Flood, Choctaw
- When
- January 5, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Choctaw County, 10 mi SW of Hugo
- Coordinates
- 34.027, -95.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash flood waters washed away trees and a portion of Highway 109.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- 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.
- Flash Flooding and High Wind in California, January 4 to 25, 19982 deaths · $5,000 · 60 kt wind · 8 events
- Ice Storm in Kansas, January 4, 19981 death · 2 injured · $40,000 · 19 events
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, January 4 to 5, 19981 death · $20,000 · 3 events
- Winter Storm in Oregon, January 4, 19981 death · 1 injured · 1 event
- Ice Storm in Wisconsin, January 4 to 5, 199814 injured · $67,000 · 12 events
- Flash Flooding in Texas, January 4 to 5, 19981 death · 3 events
- Ice Storm in Iowa, January 4, 1998$1.0 million · 51 events
- Winter Storm in Utah, January 4 to 5, 19986 injured · $30,000 · 19 events
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 4 to 6, 1998$150,000 · 3 events
- Winter Weather in New York, January 4 to 6, 1998$125,000 · 3 events
- Heavy Rain in Texas, January 4 to 5, 199846 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, January 4 to 5, 1998$61,000 · 78 kt wind · 5 events
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: 5633942, 5633941, 5633940, 5633943, 5633944, 5633945.