Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 7 to 8, 1998

Name: Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 7 to 8, 1998
Start: 1998-01-07T23:00
End: 1998-01-08T10:00
Location: Oklahoma

January 7 to 8, 1998 · NWS OUN · 7 events in 7 counties and zones

Rain changed to snow across the eastern half of Oklahoma late the night of the 7th and ended during the morning of the 8th. The heaviest snow fell in a band from Vinita to Okmulgee to Madill.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 7 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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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.

What happened

The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.

Rain changed to snow across the eastern half of Oklahoma late the night of the 7th and ended during the morning of the 8th. The heaviest snow fell in a band from Vinita to Okmulgee to Madill. Areas from Seminole to Sasakwa to Calvin to Indianola and northward received 2 to 4 inches of snow, with a local maximum of 6 inches in Okmulgee. (See Storm Data for Northeast Oklahoma for more details.) A second local maximum was reported over Marshall County at Kingston, where 2.5 inches of snow accumulated.

The radar

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Event by event

7 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Hughes

When: January 7, 11:00 PM CST to January 8, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Hughes forecast zone
Coordinates: 35.048, -96.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Bryan

When: January 7, 11:00 PM CST to January 8, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Bryan forecast zone
Coordinates: 33.962, -96.260 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Coal

When: January 7, 11:00 PM CST to January 8, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Coal forecast zone
Coordinates: 34.588, -96.298 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Johnston

When: January 7, 11:00 PM CST to January 8, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Johnston forecast zone
Coordinates: 34.317, -96.661 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Marshall

When: January 7, 11:00 PM CST to January 8, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Marshall forecast zone
Coordinates: 34.025, -96.769 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Pontotoc

When: January 7, 11:00 PM CST to January 8, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Pontotoc forecast zone
Coordinates: 34.728, -96.684 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Seminole

When: January 7, 11:00 PM CST to January 8, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Seminole forecast zone
Coordinates: 35.168, -96.615 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Heavy Snow: Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oklahoma in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5631810, 5634442, 5634443, 5634444, 5634445, 5634446, 5634447.