Winter Storm, Muskogee
- When
- January 8, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Muskogee forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.616, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Oklahoma, January 8, 1998
A winter storm on the morning of Jan. 8 dropped a band of 1 to 3 inches of snow accumulation across parts of eastcentral and southeast Oklahoma.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 17 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
- 18
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 TSA wrote it up.
A winter storm on the morning of Jan. 8 dropped a band of 1 to 3 inches of snow accumulation across parts of eastcentral and southeast Oklahoma. Heavier accumulations of up to 6 inches occurred in parts of northeast Oklahoma between Okemah and Tulsa. In northeast Oklahoma, the precipitation changed over from rain to sleet around 1:00 am and changed to all snow after 3:00 am. The snow had ended across the area by late morning. The sleet initially caused roads to be slick, and the heavy snow caused roads, particularly from Okemah to Tulsa, to become snow-packed. Specific snow totals follow (in inches): Okmulgee...6.0, Berryhill (3W Tulsa)...4.5, Broken Arrow...4.2, Tulsa Int'l Airport...4.0, Okemah...4.0, Beggs...4.0, NWS Office (E Tulsa)...3.0, Checotah...3.0, Vinita...3.0, Oktaha...2.0, Miami...2 to 3, Scipio...2.0, Pryor...1.0, Muskogee...1.0, McAlester...0.5. Temperatures were very close to freezing when the snow fell, therefore this was a wet snow with high water content. Most of the snow had melted off by the end of the day.The snow formed as an upper level low moving through the southern branch of the jet stream moved across Texas from west to east. A pool of mid-level cold air to the left of the upper level low's track and favorable jet dynamics were just enough for a changeover to snow. At the surface, low pressure formed on the morning of Jan. 7 near the mouth of the Mississippi River and was located in the Ohio River valley by the morning of Jan. 8.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
18 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Adair
- When
- January 8, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Adair forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.884, -94.659 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Cherokee
- When
- January 8, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cherokee forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.907, -95.000 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Craig
- When
- January 8, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Craig forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.762, -95.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Creek
- When
- January 8, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Creek forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.903, -96.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Delaware
- When
- January 8, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Delaware forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.408, -94.803 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Mayes
- When
- January 8, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Mayes forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.302, -95.231 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, McIntosh
- When
- January 8, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- McIntosh forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.374, -95.667 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Okfuskee
- When
- January 8, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Okfuskee forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.466, -96.323 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Okmulgee
- When
- January 8, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Okmulgee forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.647, -95.964 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Osage
- When
- January 8, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Osage forecast zone
Winter Storm, Pawnee
- When
- January 8, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pawnee forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.317, -96.699 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Pittsburg
- When
- January 8, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pittsburg forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.924, -95.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Rogers
- When
- January 8, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Rogers forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.372, -95.604 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Tulsa
- When
- January 8, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Tulsa forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Craig
- When
- January 8, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Craig forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.762, -95.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Nowata
- When
- January 8, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Nowata forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.799, -95.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Ottawa
- When
- January 8, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ottawa forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.836, -94.810 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Flooding in West Virginia, January 8 to 11, 1998
- Ice Storm in New York, January 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New York, January 8 to 9, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, January 8, 1998
- Flooding in New York, January 8 to 12, 1998
- Flash Flood in Mississippi, January 8, 1998
- Flooding in New York, January 8 to 11, 1998
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, January 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, January 8 to 11, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, January 8, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, January 8 to 9, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, January 8 to 10, 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: 5631445, 5631446, 5631447, 5631448, 5631449, 5631450, 5631451, 5631452, 5631453, 5631454, 5631455, 5631456, 5631457, 5631458, 5631459, 5631460, 5631461, 5631462.