4 tornado, 1 hail, 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 Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 22, 2:03 PM CST, 5 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KANSAS 303 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003 MAIN CHALLENGE AGAIN IS THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EAST THIS EVENING WITH A CHANCE EVERYWHERE OVERNIGHT AS MOISTURE AND LOW LEVEL JET GENERATE MORE THUNDERSTORMS. MONDAY SHOULD BE DRY WITH NEXT ROUND OF ACTIVITY EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA. TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE RATHER WARM IN THE 90S THROUGH TUESDAY BEFORE COOLING INTO THE 80S WEDNESDAY THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY. DISCUSSION SHORT DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER IN THE AREA. .TOP...NONE 34
KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-230945- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 349 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND A FEW COULD BE SEVERE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST AGAIN FOR THE LATER HALF OF THE WEEK, BUT IT IS TOO EARLY AT THIS TIME TO DETERMINE THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/TOP (ALL LOWER CASE)
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
217 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0213 PM 1 W FAIRVIEW KS 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 BROWNPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
232 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0215 PM 1 E MORRILL KS 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 BROWNKSZ023>026-038>040-054>060-103>105-222300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 251 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #559... ATCHISON JACKSON POTTAWATOMIE LEAVENWORTH JEFFERSON SHAWNEE WABAUNSEE WYANDOTTE JOHNSON MIAMI LINN SOME CITIES NO LONGER IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #559... TOPEKA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #559 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... DOUGLAS OSAGE LYON FRANKLIN COFFEY ANDERSON SOME CITIES STILL IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #559... EMPORIA OTTAWA LAWRENCE
KSZ023>026-038>040-054>060-103>105-222300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR COUNTIES REMOVED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 258 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #559... JACKSON POTTAWATOMIE JEFFERSON SHAWNEE WABAUNSEE SOME CITIES NO LONGER IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #559... TOPEKA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #559 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... DOUGLAS OSAGE LYON FRANKLIN COFFEY ANDERSON SOME CITIES STILL IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #559... EMPORIA OTTAWA LAWRENCE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
448 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0932 AM 3 SSW WABAUNSEE KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 WABAUNSEE SPOTTER REPORTED
QUARTER SIZE HAIL
0955 AM PAXICO KS .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 WABAUNSEE
0958 AM 5 SE WESTMORELAND KS .88 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 POTTAWATOMIE
1102 AM EMMETT KS .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 POTTAWATOMIE
1142 AM 7 S SOLDIER KS .88 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 JACKSON
1157 AM 7 S SOLDIER KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 JACKSON
1159 AM 5 NW ST MARYS KS .88 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 POTTAWATOMIE
1240 PM VALLEY FALLS KS .88 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 JEFFERSON
0128 PM 2 E OZAWKIE KS WIND DAMAGE
06/22/03 JEFFERSON LARGE TREES UPROOTED
0212 PM 2 NW FAIRVIEW KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 BROWN
0213 PM 1 W FAIRVIEW KS 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 BROWN
0215 PM 1 E MORRILL KS 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/22/03 BROWNKSZ040-054>056-058-059-222300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 455 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 559 HAS BEEN CANCELED. SOME COUNTIES NO LONGER IN THE WATCH INCLUDE... ANDERSON COFFEY DOUGLAS FRANKLIN LYON OSAGE SOME CITIES NO LONGER IN THE WATCH INCLUDE... EMPORIA GARNETT LAWRENCE OTTAWA
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:13 UTC.
4 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado touched down in rural areas near Courtland and moved northeast about one half mile and struck a farm before dissipating. Several outbuildings at the farm were damaged.
A second tornado touched down northeast of Courtland, moved northeast for a mile and damaged some power poles and power lines before dissipating.
The third in a series of tornadoes touched down northeast of Courtland and traveled 3 miles and damaged 2 homes before dissipating.
A fourth tornado touched down near Republic and moved northeast for 2 miles and damaged a home before dissipating.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 2003Warnings in Kansas, 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: 5364203, 5364204, 5364205, 5364206, 5364207.