Hail in Oklahoma, February 14 to 15, 2003

Name: Hail in Oklahoma, February 14 to 15, 2003
Start: 2003-02-14T23:35
End: 2003-02-15T01:20
Location: Oklahoma

February 14 to 15, 2003 · NWS TSA · 6 events in 4 counties and zones

6 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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 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 Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 14, 9:10 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 9:10 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA
910 PM CST FRI FEB 14 2003

03Z SURFACE FRONT LOCATED JUST EAST OF A PONCA CITY TO ALTUS LINE
WITH ISOLATED CONVECTION ALONG THE BOUNDARY INTO THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE. SURFACE LOW LOCATED OVER SE KANSAS WITH WARM FRONTAL
BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM E-CENTRAL KANSAS INTO CENTRAL
MISSOURI...WITH LIMITED AREA OF CONVECTION FORMING JUST NORTH OF
THIS BOUNDARY.

APPEARS CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN OK/NW AR WILL BE
DEPENDANT ON LOW LEVEL FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE AS
00Z KSGF SOUNDING SHOWED FORMIDABLE CAPPING INVERSION.  LATEST MODEL
GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THIS SCENARIO WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEAR THE TULSA
AREA BY MIDNIGHT.  00Z KFWD SOUNDING CONTINUES TO INDICATE ELEVATED
INSTABILITY REMAINS PRESENT IN AIRMASS TO THE SOUTH...AND FORECAST
INSTABILITY INDICES SUGGEST THIS AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE OVER
PORTIONS OF EASTERN OK AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES THROUGH
MAINTAINING THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG/SEVERE STORMS.  DEEP LAYER
SHEAR ALSO CONTINUES TO IMPROVE ACROSS THE REGION FURTHER SUPPORTING
ISOLATED SEVERE POTENTIAL.  TEMPERATURE FORECAST LOOKS IN LINE WITH
EXPECTED FRONTAL TIMING WITH LITTLE ADJUSTMENT NEEDED.

EXPECT A RAW SATURDAY WITH GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS...CLOUDY
CONDITIONS...AND STEADY OR SLOWLY FALLING TEMPERATURES.

UPDATE ISSUED BY 930PM.

FORECAST ID= 07

.TSA...
AR...NONE.
OK...NONE.

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 14, 6:55 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes before

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-151200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
655 PM CST FRI FEB 14 2003

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
AREA 1...ALL OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS...70

IF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP...
     PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS...40
     TIME OF INITIAL EVENT...1100 PM
     PROBABILITY OF A TORNADO / F2 OR GREATER TORNADO...5/1
     PROBABILITY OF GOLFBALL HAIL OR LARGER...15
     PROBABILITY OF 73 MPH WIND OR GREATER...20

GIVEN PROBABILITIES REPRESENT THE POTENTIAL FOR AN OCCURRENCE
ANYWHERE IN THE DEFINED AREA.

DISCUSSION...
EARLY THIS EVENING...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST
KANSAS WITH A COLD FRONT TRAILING BACK INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND
THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. A WARM FRONT STRETCHED FROM THE LOW INTO SOUTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI...WITH A DRYLINE ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO WEST
CENTRAL TEXAS.

THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS REMAINS
UNSTABLE...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 70S AND DEWPOINTS
GENERALLY AROUND 60 DEGREES. HOWEVER...A SIGNIFICANT CAP IS IN PLACE
WHICH HAS INHIBITED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT SO FAR.

THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE BY LATE
EVENING OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AS LIFT IS PROVIDED BY THE
APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND TEMPERATURES ALOFT COOL.  A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS MAY EVENTUALLY FORM ALONG THE COLD FRONT...MOVING INTO
WESTERN ARKANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

GIVEN THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE...INSTABILITY AND FAVORABLE WIND SHEAR
PROFILES...SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE. THE PRIMARY CONCERN WILL BE
STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS UP TO 70 MPH AND 1 TO 1.5 INCH HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. SOME LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW MAY LINGER
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT DRY WEATHER
IS THEN EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 10 PM.

RELATED GRAPHICAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT...
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:37 UTC.

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Event by event

6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Creek

When: February 14, 11:35 PM CST
Where: Creek County, Depew
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.800, -96.500

Hail, Creek

When: February 14, 11:42 PM CST
Where: Creek County, Bristow
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.833, -96.383

Hail, Tulsa

When: February 15, 12:20 AM CST
Where: Tulsa County, 2 mi E of Jenks
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 36.017, -95.933

Penny size hail was reported near the intersection of Yale and the Creek Turnpike.

Hail, Tulsa

When: February 15, 12:35 AM CST
Where: Tulsa County, 3 mi S of Glenpool
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 35.900, -96.000

Penny size hail was reported near the intersection of Highway 75 and 181st Street South.

Hail, Rogers

When: February 15, 12:35 AM CST
Where: Rogers County, Verdigris
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.233, -95.683

Hail, Mayes

When: February 15, 1:20 AM CST
Where: Mayes County, Pryor
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 36.300, -95.317

What these are

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

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oklahoma in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Oklahoma, February 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: 5342986, 5342987, 5342988, 5342989, 5342990, 5342991.