Oklahoma, 2003Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 11 to 12, 2003
June 11 to 12, 2003 · NWS TSA · 19 events in 15 counties and zones
17 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $106,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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 Jun 11, 9:50 PM CST, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 9:50 PM CST, 44 minutes before
MESOSCALE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA
1050 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003
LINEAR CONVECTIVE COMPLEX WILL CONTINUE INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA WITH
WARNING OPERATIONS LIKELY TO COMMENCE GIVEN PROGGED INSTABILITY
AWAITING APPROACHING LINE. THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY
THE ENTIRE LINE. GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME WINDS WILL BE
ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WHERE DOWNDRAFT CAPE AND LOW LEVEL LAPSE
RATES ARE CURRENTLY MAXIMIZED. STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL JET AND DEEP
MOISTURE FIELDS OVER THE ENTIRE AREA SUGGEST CONVECTIVE COMPLEX WILL
LIKELY TRAVERSE THE ENTIRE CWA.
FORECAST ID= 07
.TSA...
AR...NONE.
OK...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 9:30 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-121100-
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1030 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
...WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AT 1030 PM. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE
MOVING EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MILES AN HOUR WILL BE
LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AND ONE OR TWO STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL
UP TO PENNY SIZE.
STRONG INSTABILITY REMAINS AHEAD OF THE LINE SO THE STORMS SHOULD
REMAIN SEVERE AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. INSTABILITY IS SLIGHTLY
WEAKER IN FAR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SO THE
STORMS MAY START TO WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE INTO THAT AREA BUT DAMAGING
WINDS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE.
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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS PERIOD WITH A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY.
.SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED OVERNIGHT.
ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT...
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 9:21 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
ARZ001-010-019>020-029-OKZ049-053>076-120800-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1021 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
#524 UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS:
BENTON CRAWFORD WASHINGTON
IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS:
FRANKLIN SEBASTIAN
IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 25 COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA:
CHEROKEE MUSKOGEE OKFUSKEE
SEQUOYAH
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA:
ADAIR CRAIG CREEK
DELAWARE MAYES NOWATA
OKMULGEE OSAGE OTTAWA
PAWNEE ROGERS TULSA
WAGONER WASHINGTON
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA:
CHOCTAW HASKELL LATIMER
LE FLORE MCINTOSH PITTSBURG
PUSHMATAHA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANTLERS...BARTLESVILLE...BENTONVILLE...
BRISTOW...BROKEN ARROW...CEDARVILLE...CLAREMORE...CLAYTON...
EUFAULA...FAYETTEVILLE...FORT SMITH...HUGO...JAY...MCALESTER...
MIAMI...MOUNTAINBURG...MUSKOGEE...NATURAL DAM...NOWATA...OKEMAH...
OKMULGEE...OZARK...PAWHUSKA...PAWNEE...POTEAU...PRYOR...ROGERS...
SALLISAW...SAND SPRINGS...SILOAM SPRINGS...SPRINGDALE...STIGLER...
STILWELL...TAHLEQUAH...TULSA...VAN BUREN...VINITA...WAGONER AND
WILBURTON.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 9:27 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
OKZ059-064-065-120430-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1027 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
PAWNEE AND CREEK
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
OKFUSKEE
AT 1027 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BISON IN GARFIELD
COUNTY TO LUTHER IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE ENTERING CREEK...PAWNEE AND
OKFUSKEE COUNTIES BY 1130 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE ADVISORY IS
UPGRADED TO A WARNING.Thunderstorm Wind, Okfuskee
- When
- June 11, 10:34 PM CST
- Where
- Okfuskee County, Castle
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.467, -96.383
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
Hail, Pawnee
- When
- June 11, 11:05 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee County, Terlton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.183, -96.483
Thunderstorm Wind, Okmulgee
- When
- June 11, 11:08 PM CST
- Where
- Okmulgee County, Beggs
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.733, -96.067
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees.
Thunderstorm Wind, McIntosh
- When
- June 11, 11:11 PM CST
- Where
- McIntosh County, 4 mi N of Hanna
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -95.883
Thunderstorm winds esimated at 80 miles an hour destroyed a barn.
Thunderstorm Wind, McIntosh
- When
- June 11, 11:13 PM CST
- Where
- McIntosh County, Hanna
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -95.883
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew some shingles off a school's gym.
Thunderstorm Wind, Choctaw
- When
- June 11, 11:13 PM CST
- Where
- Choctaw County, Soper
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.033, -95.700
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew the cover off a well.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pittsburg
- When
- June 11, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Pittsburg County, Mc Alester
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.933, -95.767
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a tree. The tree blocked a road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pushmataha
- When
- June 11, 11:44 PM CST
- Where
- Pushmataha County, Rattan
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.200, -95.417
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour damaged the roofs of a few homes and blew down trees.
Thunderstorm Wind, Latimer
- When
- June 11, 11:44 PM CST
- Where
- Latimer County, Yanush
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -95.317
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 65 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Latimer
- When
- June 11, 11:45 PM CST
- Where
- Latimer County, 5 mi W of Wilburton
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.917, -95.400
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew sheet metal off the roof of a barn near a rural residence west of Wilburton.
Thunderstorm Wind, Haskell
- When
- June 11, 11:49 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County, Stigler
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -95.133
Thunderstorm Wind, McIntosh
- When
- June 11, 11:49 PM CST
- Where
- McIntosh County, Checotah
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.433, -95.517
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several trees.
Thunderstorm Wind, Tulsa
- When
- June 11, 11:50 PM CST
- Where
- Tulsa County, Tulsa
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -95.950
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew large tree limbs down near the intersection of Yale and Admiral.
Thunderstorm Wind, Muskogee
- When
- June 11, 11:54 PM CST
- Where
- Muskogee County, Haskell
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.817, -95.667
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew several small trees and one large tree down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Le Flore
- When
- June 12, 12:20 AM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County, Wister
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.967, -94.717
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sequoyah
- When
- June 12, 12:25 AM CST
- Where
- Sequoyah County, Gans
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.400, -94.700
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees. A few of the trees blocked a road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Le Flore
- When
- June 12, 12:33 AM CST
- Where
- Le Flore County, Pocola
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.233, -94.483
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees.
Thunderstorm Wind, Craig
- When
- June 12, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Craig County, Vinita
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $58,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.650, -95.150
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour caused considerable damage in Vinita. A mobile home was pushed off its foundation and several metal garages were damaged. Trees were also blown down. A few of the trees fell on homes causing roof and other structural damage.
Hail, Ottawa
- When
- June 12, 1:43 AM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County, Wyandotte
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.800, -94.733
- 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.
- 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.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 11, 20031 death · $5,000 · 1 in hail · 29 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 11, 2003$110,000 · 2.85 in hail · 87 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in West Virginia, June 11, 2003$3.0 million · 0.88 in hail · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 11, 2003$630,000 · 1 in hail · 22 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, June 11 to 12, 2003$256,000 · 55 kt wind · 35 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, June 11, 2003$222,000 · 1 in hail · 35 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 11, 2003$619,000 · 60 kt wind · 7 events
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 11, 2003$250,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 11, 2003$33,000 · F0 · 39 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 11, 2003$83,000 · F0 · 18 events
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 11, 2003$150,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 11, 2003$130,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event
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: 5367254, 5367255, 5367256, 5367330, 5367331, 5367333, 5367332, 5367334, 5367335, 5367345, 5367336, 5367338, 5367337, 5367339, 5367340, 5367341, 5367342, 5367343, 5367344.