Hail in Oklahoma, April 14, 2003

Name: Hail in Oklahoma, April 14, 2003
Start: 2003-04-14T05:35
End: 2003-04-14T05:43
Location: Oklahoma

April 14, 2003 · NWS AMA · 2 events in 1 county or zone

Severe thunderstorms moved across the eastern Oklahoma panhandle during the early morning hours producing large hail.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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.

Severe thunderstorms moved across the eastern Oklahoma panhandle during the early morning hours producing large hail.

What forecasters said that day

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 Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 14, 3:04 AM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 3:04 AM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
400 AM CDT MON 14 APR 2003

A WINDY PERIOD APPEARS TO BE COMING UP FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES. THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINS ESTABLISHED TO THE
WEST OF THE AREA. A DISTURBANCE WILL SWING OFF THE WEST COAST
SYSTEM AND INTENSIFY JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE PANHANDLES. ALL MODELS
GENERATE 30 TO 40 MPH WIND SPEEDS ACCORDING TO THE HIGH WIND
CRITERIA FOR TUESDAY.  WILL ISSUE A HIGH WIND AND FIRE WEATHER
WATCH FOR TUESDAY.  AS FAR AS TODAY IS CONCERNED...BREEZY WINDS AND
LOW HUMIDITIES SHOULD BE GENERATE RED FLAG WARNINGS FOR CENTRAL AND
WESTERN AREAS.

AS THE STRONG SYSTEM PULLS AWAY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...MUCH
COOLER AIR WILL FOLLOW.  YET ANOTHER DISTURBANCE MOVES TOWARD THE
PANHANDLES LATE IN THE WEEK AND NEXT WEEKEND.

FCSTID = 21

AMARILLO    87 53 80 39 / 00 20 10 20
BEAVER      87 55 80 41 / 10 30 20 30
BOISE CITY  82 48 72 36 / 00 20 10 20
BORGER      87 53 80 40 / 00 30 20 30
BOYS RANCH  86 49 78 38 / 00 20 10 20
CANYON      87 50 80 39 / 00 20 10 20
CLARENDON   88 54 83 43 / 10 30 20 30
DALHART     85 48 75 37 / 00 20 00 20
GUYMON      86 52 77 38 / 00 20 10 20
HEREFORD    87 49 79 39 / 00 20 10 20
LIPSCOMB    87 55 82 41 / 10 30 20 30
PAMPA       87 54 82 41 / 00 30 20 30
SHAMROCK    88 55 84 43 / 10 30 20 30
WELLINGTON  89 56 85 43 / 10 30 20 30

.AMA...
TX...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY FOR ZONES TXZ001>003-
     006>008-011>013-016>018.
     HIGH WIND WATCH FOR TUESDAY FOR ZONES TXZ001>020.
     FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR TUESDAY FOR ZONES TXZ001>020.
OK...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY FOR ZONES OKZ001>003.
     HIGH WIND WATCH FOR TUESDAY FOR ZONES OKZ001>003.
     FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR TUESDAY FOR ZONES TXZ001>003.

WYNNE

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 5:00 AM CST, 35 minutes before

OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-141800-

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
600 AM CDT MON APR 14 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLES.

.DAY ONE...

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AS
WELL AS THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE FOR SOUTHWEST WINDS
OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS.

A DRYLINE WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES
THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY PRODUCE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OFF OF THE
CAPROCK THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS
EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

SURFACE WINDS IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE
LIKELY ON TUESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS
THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT
TUESDAY FOR ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES.
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...MAY DEVELOP BY LATE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY EVENING...PRIMARILY OVER THE CENTRAL AND
EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES. IN ADDITION...FIRE DANGER WILL
CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN ON TUESDAY ACROSS MAINLY WESTERN AND CENTRAL
SECTIONS OF THE PANHANDLES.

ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO AFFECT THE
AREA ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...RESULTING IN A THREAT FOR STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SCHNEIDER

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 148 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:39 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Beaver

When: April 14, 5:35 AM CST
Where: Beaver County, Bryans Corner
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 36.617, -100.817

Hail, Beaver

When: April 14, 5:43 AM CST
Where: Beaver County, 4 mi SE of Bryans Corner
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 36.583, -100.767

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oklahoma in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Oklahoma, April 2003

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: 5352984, 5352985.