3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Aug 5, 8:43 PM CST, 12 minutes earlier.
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 940 CDT TUE AUG 5 2003 STRONG CONVECTION WHICH DEVELOPED IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS EARLIER IN THE EVENING IS JUST NOW ENCROACHING ON THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE CWA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CURRENTLY COVERS OUR NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES. HAVE ALREADY SENT OUT A QUICK UPDATE EARLIER TO ADD THE WATCH. WILL SEND OUT ANOTHER UPDATE SHORTLY TO INCREASE POPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF FA OVERNIGHT. FORECAST ID= 06 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-061100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 933 AM CDT TUE AUG 5 2003 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY ...SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY... WEAK SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING WILL MEANDER SOUTHEAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. INTERSECTING SURFACE BOUNDARIES FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT...COULD INDUCE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS...LASTING INTO THE EVENING. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS ABUNDANT...HOWEVER ONCE AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE CLEARS THE REGION THIS MORNING...UPPER SUPPORT WILL BECOME NEGLIGIBLE AS MID LEVELS REMAIN CAPPED. THE GREATEST LIKELIHOOD FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EXTREME EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRALS ARKANSAS. 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY...WITH ONLY ISOLATED THUNDER POSSIBLE IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WILL BE DRY. .SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:56 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
An Oklahoma mesonet sit recorded a 72 miles an hour wind gust associated with a thunderstorm.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 75 miles an hour caused considerable damage across the Dewey.Utility service was interupted to thousands of customers.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour did considerable damage in the Bartlesville area.Numerous tree limbs and power lines were blown down. Thousands of people lost power to their homes and businesses with some customers being without power for the better part of three days.. Six homes and two businesses received minor damage while one home sustained major damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, August 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: 5333281, 5377807, 5333278, 5333279, 5333280, 5333277.