Blizzard, Beaver
- When
- March 7, 5:00 PM CST to March 8, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Beaver forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.750, -100.477 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard in Oklahoma, March 7 to 8, 1998
A low pressure system in the upper levels of the atmosphere over the Texas South Plains along with very cold and moist air across the Oklahoma Panhandle produced blizzard conditions with sustained wind speeds of 35 mph to 40 mph and visibilities near zero. Snowfall amounts ranged from one to three inches across Beaver county to four to six inches across Texas and Cimarron counties.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 AMA wrote it up.
A low pressure system in the upper levels of the atmosphere over the Texas South Plains along with very cold and moist air across the Oklahoma Panhandle produced blizzard conditions with sustained wind speeds of 35 mph to 40 mph and visibilities near zero. Snowfall amounts ranged from one to three inches across Beaver county to four to six inches across Texas and Cimarron counties. Roads and highways were closed during the blizzard Saturday night through Sunday morning.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, Cimarron
- When
- March 7, 5:00 PM CST to March 8, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cimarron forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.748, -102.518 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Texas
- When
- March 7, 5:00 PM CST to March 8, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Texas forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.748, -101.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Blizzard
- Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, March 7 to 8, 1998
- Blizzard in Kansas, March 7 to 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, March 7, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, March 7 to 30, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, March 7, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, March 7, 1998
- Hail in Mississippi, March 7, 1998
- Winter Storm in Kansas, March 7 to 12, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 7, 1998
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 7 to 12, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 7, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 7, 1998
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, March 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: 5639534, 5639535, 5639536.