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Tornado Warnings in Oklahoma, 2003

165 tornado warnings in 2003. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.

Tornado Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2003. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
165
Busiest month
May111 tornado warnings
Busiest day
May 16, 200333 tornado warnings

Over time

By month

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 2:41 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNKiowa34 min
Mar 17, 3:13 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNKiowa32 min
Mar 17, 3:22 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNCaddo23 min
Mar 17, 3:43 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNWashita47 min
Mar 17, 4:36 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNCaddo24 min
Mar 17, 5:00 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNCaddo30 min
Mar 17, 5:07 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNCanadian23 min
Mar 17, 5:15 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNStephens45 min
Mar 17, 6:01 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNComanche, Stephens29 min
Apr 6, 3:21 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPushmataha24 min
Apr 15, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNRoger Mills32 min
Apr 15, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNRoger Mills35 min
Apr 15, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNDewey, Roger Mills46 min
Apr 15, 6:47 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBeckham28 min
Apr 15, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBeckham47 min
Apr 15, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHarmon, Jackson37 min
Apr 15, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNRoger Mills30 min
Apr 15, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJackson33 min
Apr 15, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCuster, Washita23 min
Apr 15, 8:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCuster, Washita22 min
Apr 15, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKiowa31 min
Apr 15, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJackson, Tillman40 min
Apr 15, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKiowa31 min
Apr 19, 2:07 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNTillman38 min
Apr 19, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNEllis, Woodward23 min
Apr 19, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee33 min
Apr 19, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WarningTSATulsa35 min
Apr 19, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Washington61 min
Apr 19, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee, Tulsa46 min
Apr 19, 4:47 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee, Tulsa43 min
Apr 19, 5:06 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee39 min
Apr 19, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg50 min
Apr 19, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage51 min
Apr 19, 5:50 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAWashington40 min
Apr 19, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata, Washington38 min
Apr 19, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg31 min
Apr 19, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg28 min
Apr 19, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg32 min
Apr 19, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell35 min
Apr 19, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg34 min
Apr 19, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell33 min
Apr 19, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg32 min
Apr 19, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell62 min
Apr 19, 9:38 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore67 min
Apr 23, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCotton28 min
Apr 23, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJefferson, Stephens33 min
Apr 23, 8:53 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCarter27 min
Apr 23, 9:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNMurray37 min
Apr 23, 9:28 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarvin, Pontotoc32 min
Apr 30, 10:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGrant32 min
Apr 30, 10:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGrant35 min
Apr 30, 11:15 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGrant45 min
May 1, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner50 min
May 1, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPushmataha48 min
May 1, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASequoyah46 min
May 1, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore59 min
May 1, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVMcCurtain54 min
May 1, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASequoyah32 min
May 1, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah33 min
May 1, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVMcCurtain62 min
May 1, 9:02 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVMcCurtain28 min
May 1, 9:53 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVMcCurtain37 min
May 4, 4:53 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata37 min
May 4, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg57 min
May 4, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig36 min
May 4, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer65 min
May 4, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig, Ottawa37 min
May 4, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore63 min
May 4, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOttawa42 min
May 6, 4:39 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee66 min
May 6, 5:23 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASequoyah52 min
May 6, 6:26 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair34 min
May 7, 10:22 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNTillman23 min
May 7, 10:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNTillman47 min
May 7, 11:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCotton31 min
May 8, 1:16 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNJefferson29 min
May 8, 1:20 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNStephens25 min
May 8, 1:31 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Murray44 min
May 8, 2:06 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNCarter, Love39 min
May 8, 2:42 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNCarter, Love, Marshall33 min
May 8, 3:12 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNMarshall48 min
May 8, 3:34 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNBryan, Johnston26 min
May 8, 3:59 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNAtoka, Johnston46 min
May 8, 4:20 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg55 min
May 8, 6:04 AM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore56 min
May 8, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGrady43 min
May 8, 4:49 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyOUNCleveland, McClain, Oklahoma56 min
May 8, 5:31 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie59 min
May 8, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNOklahoma31 min
May 8, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNNoble50 min
May 8, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee59 min
May 8, 6:06 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee54 min
May 8, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage67 min
May 8, 7:19 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAWashington56 min
May 8, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata50 min
May 9, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLincoln, Logan, Payne43 min
May 9, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNPayne31 min
May 9, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo25 min
May 9, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLogan, Noble, Payne51 min
May 9, 9:09 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo21 min
May 9, 9:18 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCanadian, Grady27 min
May 9, 9:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBlaine, Custer33 min
May 9, 9:44 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyOUNCanadian, Oklahoma46 min
May 9, 10:27 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyOUNOklahoma48 min
May 9, 10:52 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLincoln53 min
May 9, 11:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNOklahoma43 min
May 9, 11:40 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek65 min
May 9, 11:41 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLincoln49 min
May 10, 12:20 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNLincoln25 min
May 10, 12:21 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek54 min
May 10, 12:34 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkmulgee, Tulsa56 min
May 10, 1:15 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee, Tulsa45 min
May 10, 1:22 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAWagoner68 min
May 10, 1:35 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata, Rogers, Washington70 min
May 10, 1:52 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg53 min
May 10, 2:25 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Muskogee65 min
May 14, 3:19 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNStephens26 min
May 14, 3:29 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNCarter31 min
May 14, 5:39 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNMarshall21 min
May 15, 4:19 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACimarron41 min
May 15, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACimarron, Texas51 min
May 15, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACimarron60 min
May 15, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WarningAMATexas64 min
May 15, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACimarron65 min
May 15, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningAMATexas61 min
May 15, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACimarron60 min
May 15, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningAMATexas61 min
May 15, 9:04 PM CDTTornado WarningAMABeaver56 min
May 15, 9:57 PM CDTTornado WarningAMABeaver63 min
May 15, 10:09 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBeckham, Roger Mills51 min
May 15, 11:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNRoger Mills60 min
May 16, 1:22 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNMajor23 min
May 16, 3:58 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNLincoln32 min
May 16, 12:34 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLogan, Oklahoma26 min
May 16, 1:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLogan45 min
May 16, 1:05 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkfuskee55 min
May 16, 1:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLincoln65 min
May 16, 1:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHughes32 min
May 16, 1:17 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKingfisher28 min
May 16, 1:22 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNPayne53 min
May 16, 1:26 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkmulgee64 min
May 16, 1:46 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKingfisher, Logan44 min
May 16, 1:51 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee54 min
May 16, 1:54 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg66 min
May 16, 2:10 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh65 min
May 16, 2:11 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLincoln, Payne64 min
May 16, 2:26 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkmulgee34 min
May 16, 2:29 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Muskogee61 min
May 16, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLogan45 min
May 16, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee55 min
May 16, 3:18 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee42 min
May 16, 3:21 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer39 min
May 16, 3:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee68 min
May 16, 3:34 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore56 min
May 16, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair62 min
May 16, 4:04 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASequoyah56 min
May 16, 4:31 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore59 min
May 19, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNStephens25 min
May 19, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCarter, Jefferson, Stephens33 min
May 24, 10:46 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJackson39 min
Jun 4, 2:59 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACimarron31 min
Jun 5, 8:48 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKingfisher27 min
Jun 5, 9:16 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKingfisher29 min
Jun 5, 9:22 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNOklahoma38 min
Dec 22, 7:59 PM CSTTornado WarningTSALeFlore31 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

26 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 16, 200333tornado warnings
  2. May 8, 200321tornado warnings
  3. May 10, 200318tornado warnings
  4. April 19, 200313tornado warnings
  5. April 16, 20039tornado warnings
  6. March 17, 20038tornado warnings
  7. April 20, 20038tornado warnings
  8. May 2, 20037tornado warnings
  9. May 4, 20037tornado warnings
  10. May 1, 20036tornado warnings
  11. May 9, 20035tornado warnings
  12. May 15, 20035tornado warnings

Nearby

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Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.