2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 11, 9:50 PM CST, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.
MESOSCALE FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 1050 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003 LINEAR CONVECTIVE COMPLEX WILL CONTINUE INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA WITH WARNING OPERATIONS LIKELY TO COMMENCE GIVEN PROGGED INSTABILITY AWAITING APPROACHING LINE. THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE ENTIRE LINE. GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME WINDS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WHERE DOWNDRAFT CAPE AND LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE CURRENTLY MAXIMIZED. STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL JET AND DEEP MOISTURE FIELDS OVER THE ENTIRE AREA SUGGEST CONVECTIVE COMPLEX WILL LIKELY TRAVERSE THE ENTIRE CWA. FORECAST ID= 07 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-121100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1030 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK ...WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AT 1030 PM. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MILES AN HOUR WILL BE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AND ONE OR TWO STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE. STRONG INSTABILITY REMAINS AHEAD OF THE LINE SO THE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN SEVERE AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. INSTABILITY IS SLIGHTLY WEAKER IN FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SO THE STORMS MAY START TO WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE INTO THAT AREA BUT DAMAGING WINDS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. WARNING PROBABILITIES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES CAN BE FOUND IN THE OUTLOOK SECTION AT: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA. GIVEN PROBABILITIES REPRESENT THE POTENTIAL FOR A WARNING TO BE ISSUED AT YOUR LOCATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS PERIOD WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
ARZ001-010-019>020-029-OKZ049-053>076-120800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1021 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #524 UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS: IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS: BENTON CRAWFORD WASHINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS: FRANKLIN SEBASTIAN IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 25 COUNTIES... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA: CHEROKEE MUSKOGEE OKFUSKEE SEQUOYAH IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA: ADAIR CRAIG CREEK DELAWARE MAYES NOWATA OKMULGEE OSAGE OTTAWA PAWNEE ROGERS TULSA WAGONER WASHINGTON IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA: CHOCTAW HASKELL LATIMER LE FLORE MCINTOSH PITTSBURG PUSHMATAHA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANTLERS...BARTLESVILLE...BENTONVILLE... BRISTOW...BROKEN ARROW...CEDARVILLE...CLAREMORE...CLAYTON... EUFAULA...FAYETTEVILLE...FORT SMITH...HUGO...JAY...MCALESTER... MIAMI...MOUNTAINBURG...MUSKOGEE...NATURAL DAM...NOWATA...OKEMAH... OKMULGEE...OZARK...PAWHUSKA...PAWNEE...POTEAU...PRYOR...ROGERS... SALLISAW...SAND SPRINGS...SILOAM SPRINGS...SPRINGDALE...STIGLER... STILWELL...TAHLEQUAH...TULSA...VAN BUREN...VINITA...WAGONER AND WILBURTON.
OKZ059-064-065-120430-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1027 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
PAWNEE AND CREEK
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
OKFUSKEE
AT 1027 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BISON IN GARFIELD
COUNTY TO LUTHER IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE ENTERING CREEK...PAWNEE AND
OKFUSKEE COUNTIES BY 1130 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE ADVISORY IS
UPGRADED TO A WARNING.OKZ054-055-059-060-066-120615-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1214 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
OSAGE...WASHINGTON...PAWNEE...TULSA AND OKMULGEE
AT 1214 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM BURBANK TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BALD HILL...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY
THESE STORMS INCLUDE...LIBERTY...GRAY...OCHELATA...OKMULGEE...
SCHULTER...MORRIS...PRESTON...BEGGS...BALD HILL...HECTORVILLE...
PAWHUSKA...SHIDLER...OSAGE...HOMINY...AVANT...WYNONA...WOLCO...
FAIRFAX...BARNSDALL...PERSHING...TALLANT...NELAGONEY...BURBANK...
OKESA...APPERSON...PEARSONIA...BIGHEART...TULSA...SAND SPRINGS...
LEONARD...BIXBY...JENKS...GLENPOOL...SPERRY...SKIATOOK...CLEVELAND
AND WESTPORT.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.OKZ055>057-061>063-068-069-120715-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
117 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...DELAWARE...ROGERS...MAYES AND
ADAIR
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
CHEROKEE
AT 117 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF COPAN TO 18 MILES SOUTH OF
TAHLEQUAH...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...MARIETTA...COPAN...NEW ALLUWE...
BARON...CHRISTIE...PROCTOR...JAY...OAKS...LEACH...TWIN OAKS...
KANSAS...CHLOETA...ZENA...CLEORA...BERNICE...NOWATA...DELAWARE...
LENAPAH...WANN...WATOVA...FOYIL...BUSHYHEAD...CHELSEA...TAHLEQUAH...
HULBERT...ELDON...LOST CITY...PEGGS...SCRAPER...VINITA...KETCHUM...
BIG CABIN...WHITE OAK...CENTRALIA...HOLLOW...PYRAMID CORNERS...
BLUEJACKET...CENTRAILIA...WELCH...PRYOR...MAZIE...MURPHY...
CHOUTEAU...LOCUST GROVE...ROSE...SALINA...SPAVINAW...STRANG...
ADAIR...PENSACOLA...LANGLEY AND DISNEY.
A LARGE PORTION OF WASHINGTON...NOWATA...CRAIG...DELAWARE...ROGERS...
MAYES...CHEROKEE AND ADAIR COUNTIES WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS
THROUGH 215 AM CDT.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE ADVISORY IS
UPGRADED TO A WARNING.The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 12 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:51 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew large tree limbs down.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous trees.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, June 2003
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: 5367346, 5367347.