Heat in Oklahoma, June 26, 1998

Name: Heat in Oklahoma, June 26, 1998
Start: 1998-06-26T00:00
End: 1998-06-26T23:59
Location: Oklahoma

June 26, 1998 · NWS TSA · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

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Event by event

1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Tulsa

When: June 26, 12:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
Where: Tulsa forecast zone
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Coordinates: 36.121, -95.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A 40-year old man in Tulsa collapsed from heat stroke on June 26 and later died on July 13. After a morning low in Tulsa of 80 degrees Fahrenheit, the high temperature reached 96 degrees with a heat index was around 105 degrees. Similar conditions prevailed across much of eastern Oklahoma from June 22-29 with lows running in the upper 70s and highs from 96-98. Heat indices usually peaked out each day from 105 to 110.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Heat, Tulsa	1998-07-13	40	Male	Other	Direct

What these are

Heat: Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.

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, June 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: 5645012.