Heavy Snow, Le Flore
- When
- February 24, 3:00 PM CST to February 25, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Le Flore forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, February 24 to 25, 2003
A trailing part of the upper level system which produced heavy snow over northeast Oklahoma the day before produced some heavy snow across southeast Oklahoma from the mid afternoon hours on the 24th to the early morning hours of the 25th. The snow was accompanied the thunder and lightning at times and this made the heaviest snow amounts rather spotty.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 TSA wrote it up.
A trailing part of the upper level system which produced heavy snow over northeast Oklahoma the day before produced some heavy snow across southeast Oklahoma from the mid afternoon hours on the 24th to the early morning hours of the 25th. The snow was accompanied the thunder and lightning at times and this made the heaviest snow amounts rather spotty. Where heavy snow did fall it caused roads to be slick and hazardous, especially at the tops of hills and mountains. Some snowfall reports included 10 inches at Clayton, 8 inches at Octavia, 6 inches at Rattan and Antlers, 5 inches at Page and 4 inches at Wister and Yanush.
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 24, 1:51 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 1:51 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 151 PM CST MON FEB 24 2003 NORTH TEXAS PRECIP CONTINUES TO IMPRESS WITH CONVECTIVE NATURE AND EXPANDING AREAL COVERAGE. WINTER WX ADVISORY WILL BE EXPANDED NORTHWARD WITH CONTINUED THREAT OF SLEET/SNOW MIX WITH MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. UPDATED ZONES ISSUED SHORTLY. FORECAST ID= 07 .TSA... AR...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONE ARZ029. OK...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES OKZ049...OKZ053... OKZ073>076.
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 6:00 AM CST, 9 hours before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-251200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 600 AM CST MON FEB 24 2003 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DISCUSSION... COLD ARCTIC AIR HAS SETTLED ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS IN THE WAKE OF YESTERDAYS WINTER STORM. WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING EAST FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW AREAS MAY SEE ABOUT AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE COMING WEEK AS ARCTIC AIR REMAINS IN PLACE. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF MIXED PRECIPITATION TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF MEASURABLE SNOW ON FRIDAY AS A RELATIVELY STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. .SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. RELATED GRAPHICAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Latimer
- When
- February 24, 3:00 PM CST to February 25, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Latimer forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.876, -95.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Pushmataha
- When
- February 24, 3:00 PM CST to February 25, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pushmataha forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.416, -95.376 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood and Heavy Snow in California, February 24 to 27, 2003
- Winter Storm in Texas, February 24 to 27, 2003
- Winter Storm in Texas, February 24, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, February 24 to 25, 2003
- Winter Storm in Arkansas, February 24 to 25, 2003
- Winter Storm in Texas, February 24 to 26, 2003
- Winter Storm in Oklahoma, February 24, 2003
- Winter Storm in Arizona, February 24 to 26, 2003
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 24 to 26, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 24 to 26, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 24 to 28, 2003
- Cold in Montana, February 24, 2003
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5343593, 5343594, 5343595.