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Tornado Watches in Oklahoma, 2003

53 tornado watches 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 watches reaches back to 1997.

Tornado Watches by county

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

Tornado Watches: 53
Busiest month: May34 tornado watches
Busiest day: May 16, 20037 tornado watches

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 17, 5:50 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal and 19 more	5 hr
Apr 5, 1:50 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Jackson	5 hr
Apr 5, 6:40 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Jackson	5 hr
Apr 5, 9:35 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Love	5 hr
Apr 15, 2:10 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beaver, Beckham, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills and 2 more	5 hr
Apr 15, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Comanche, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	6 hr
Apr 15, 6:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer and 13 more	5 hr
Apr 15, 9:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Creek, Garvin, Grady and 15 more	5 hr
Apr 19, 1:20 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Comanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and 2 more	7 hr
Apr 19, 1:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 14 more	7 hr
Apr 19, 2:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal, Craig and 32 more	7 hr
Apr 23, 11:50 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Comanche, Cotton, Harmon, Jackson, Tillman	6 hr
Apr 23, 4:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Jefferson, Johnston, Love and 3 more	6 hr
Apr 23, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Comanche, Cotton, Stephens, Tillman	4 hr
May 1, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 11 more	5 hr
May 3, 1:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Garvin and 8 more	6 hr
May 3, 4:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Greer, Harmon and 5 more	5 hr
May 3, 8:05 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton and 14 more	6 hr
May 4, 12:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 22 more	6 hr
May 4, 3:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Garvin and 6 more	6 hr
May 4, 6:05 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 5 more	7 hr
May 5, 12:50 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, LeFlore, McCurtain, Sequoyah	5 hr
May 5, 10:40 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Choctaw, McCurtain	5 hr
May 6, 11:40 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee and 9 more	7 hr
May 6, 3:05 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell and 12 more	6 hr
May 6, 6:55 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer and 4 more	5 hr
May 6, 11:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	LeFlore, McCurtain	6 hr
May 7, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beckham, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon and 4 more	6 hr
May 7, 10:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beckham, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Comanche, Cotton and 13 more	5 hr
May 8, 6:20 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah	3 hr
May 8, 1:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 24 more	7 hr
May 8, 5:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, Cherokee, Coal, Craig, Delaware, Haskell and 17 more	5 hr
May 9, 3:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 18 more	5 hr
May 9, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa and 4 more	6 hr
May 9, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Canadian, Custer, Dewey and 9 more	5 hr
May 9, 11:10 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Lincoln, Mayes and 12 more	6 hr
May 10, 11:55 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 30 more	7 hr
May 14, 2:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Choctaw, McCurtain, Pushmataha	6 hr
May 15, 1:55 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beaver, Cimarron, Texas	6 hr
May 15, 6:25 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Jackson, Tillman	6 hr
May 15, 6:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Cimarron, Comanche and 13 more	5 hr
May 15, 10:25 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Cotton, Jackson, Jefferson, Stephens, Tillman	6 hr
May 15, 11:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche and 13 more	4 hr
May 16, 1:20 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Cleveland, Coal and 33 more	6 hr
May 16, 12:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair, Canadian, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 23 more	6 hr
May 16, 12:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes and 10 more	5 hr
May 16, 3:55 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Adair	6 hr
May 16, 5:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	McCurtain	6 hr
Jun 4, 3:20 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Cimarron	6 hr
Jun 11, 4:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beaver, Beckham, Cotton, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 5 more	5 hr
Jun 20, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Cimarron, Texas	6 hr
Nov 17, 8:15 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal and 37 more	5 hr
Nov 17, 12:20 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Cleveland, Coal and 18 more	6 hr

By county

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

37 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record The radar archive 2002 2004

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.