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 roads in town.
Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, January 4 to 6, 1998
3 flash flood, 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- $10
- 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
3 flash flood, 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
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.
Hail, Johnston
- When
- January 5, 10:55 PM CST
- Where
- Johnston County, 6 mi N of Mannsville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.270, -96.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Pontotoc
- When
- January 5, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pontotoc County, 2 mi S of Francis
- Property damage
- $10
- Coordinates
- 34.830, -96.580
Several 3-inch diameter tree limbs were blown down by severe thunderstorm winds.
Hail, Bryan
- When
- January 5, 11:44 PM CST
- Where
- Bryan County, Durant
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -96.380
3/4-inch hail fell on the southwest edge of Durant.
Hail, Bryan
- When
- January 6, 12:19 AM CST
- Where
- Bryan County, Bokchito
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -96.130
What these are
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and High Wind in California, January 4 to 25, 1998
- Ice Storm in Kansas, January 4, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, January 4 to 5, 1998
- Winter Storm in Oregon, January 4, 1998
- Ice Storm in Wisconsin, January 4 to 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, January 4 to 5, 1998
- Ice Storm in Iowa, January 4, 1998
- Winter Storm in Utah, January 4 to 5, 1998
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 4 to 6, 1998
- Winter Weather in New York, January 4 to 6, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, January 4 to 5, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Texas, January 4 to 5, 1998
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, January 1998
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: 5631787, 5631788, 5631789, 5631790, 5631791, 5631793, 5631792.