Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 21 to 22, 2003

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 21 to 22, 2003
Start: 2003-07-21T23:45
End: 2003-07-22T03:00
Location: Oklahoma

July 21 to 22, 2003 · NWS TSA · 4 events in 3 counties and zones

3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $3,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 Jul 21, 8:40 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 8:40 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes before

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA
940 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2003

DISC...
BOUNDARIES ABOUND THIS EVENING. WEST TO EAST
BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTHERN OK AND NORTHERN ARK
WAS FOCUS OF EARLIER ACTIVITY NEAR PNC.  NOW
DORMANT. KINX HI RES 0.5 REF CURRENTLY SHOWS
WEAK BOUNDARY OK /KS BORDER SETTING OFF TSRA
FAR NORTHEAST CORNER OK. MAIN FRONT / LIKELY
MCS ACTION STILL WELL NORTH IN KS WILL GET A
GOOD PUSH SOUTH OVERNIGHT AS H500 SHORT WAVE
RIDES 50-70 KNOT CREST.  BEST POPS OVERNIGHT
VICINITY OF THE LIKELY BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS
AND MOISTURE.  NORTHEAST OK AND NORTHWEST AR
PRIME.  NORTHWEST FLOW TO BRING BELOW NORMAL
HIGH TEMPS TUESDAY...AND WEDNESDAY.   A NICE
BREAK.  GW
============================================

TUL   73   89   65   88  / 20   50    5    5
FSM   73   89   65   89  / 20   50   10    5
MLC   74   93   65   89  / 10   40   10    5
BVO   68   87   62   87  / 40   40    5    5
FYV   68   82   58   83  / 40   60    5    5
BYV   66   80   60   82  / 50   70    5    5
MKO   73   89   65   88  / 20   50    5    5
MIO   68   82   61   83  / 50   60    0    5
F10   74   93   66   88  / 10   40   10    5
HHW   74   96   68   89  / 10   30   10    5

FORECAST ID= 21

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

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 8:45 PM CST, 3 hours before

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-221100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
945 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
SEVERAL WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARIES WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
THIS EVENING....WITH THE MAIN COLD FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI
INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF
THE NIGHT...ALTHOUGH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE
SHORT-LIVED.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER NEBRASKA AND KANSAS WILL MOVE
SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT...POSSIBLY AFFECTING PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AFTER 3 AM. A FEW SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE OKLAHOMA-KANSAS
BORDER. DAMAGING WIND WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS OF LATE ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE SOMEWHAT
DURING THE WEEK...WITH TEMPERATURES ACTUALLY RUNNING SLIGHTLY BELOW
NORMAL. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL INCREASE EARLY TUESDAY AS A STORM
COMPLEX MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
LOOK TO BE DRY.

.SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT.

ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT...
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 11:37 PM CST, 8 minutes before

OKZ058-220630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1237 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     OTTAWA

AT 1237 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PICHER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MIAMI...COMMERCE...WYANDOTTE...
OTTAWA...PEORIA...QUAPAW...CARDIN AND PICHER.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:46 UTC.

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Event by event

3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Ottawa

When: July 21, 11:45 PM CST
Where: Ottawa County, Quapaw
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 36.950, -94.783

Thunderstorm Wind, Okmulgee

When: July 22, 2:40 AM CST
Where: Okmulgee County, Beggs
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.733, -96.067

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down tree limbs.

Thunderstorm Wind, Okmulgee

When: July 22, 2:41 AM CST
Where: Okmulgee County, Hector
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.833, -95.917

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles damaged the roof of a barn.

Thunderstorm Wind, Rogers

When: July 22, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Rogers County, 2 mi E of Claremore
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.317, -95.567

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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, July 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: 5379242, 5379245, 5379244, 5379243.