1 flash flood, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 14, 1:53 PM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 253 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2003 TWO ONGOING AREAS OF CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON...ONE ALONG WEAK SFC BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS SE OKLAHOMA FROM NEAR POTEAU TO MCALESTER... AND ANOTHER TERRAIN ENHANCED BAND ALONG OZARK PLATEAU EXTENDING TO NEAR MUSKOGEE. STORMS HAVE BEEN PULSING AND NOT MOVING MUCH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN LOOKS TO BE MAIN THREAT WITH NO ORGANIZED SEVERE EXPECTED...BUT STRONGER CELLS COULD DROP SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. A FEW SHOWERS ALSO TRYING TO POP ALONG KANSAS BORDER. FIRST PERIOD POPS WILL LIKELY BE A LAST MINUTE DECISION BASED ON RADAR TRENDS...MOST LIKELY WILL BE CONFINED TO SOUTH OF I-44 WITH BEST ODDS FARTHER SOUTH. EXPECT TO BE MOSTLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN...HOWEVER WILL HANG ON TO CHANCE THROUGH THE NIGHT ACROSS FAR SE OKLAHOMA AS WEAK MID LEVEL WAVE DRIFTS ACROSS THE AREA AND MAY KEEP ACTIVITY LINGERING AFTER DARK. TEMPS TONIGHT SHOULD BE CLOSE TO RECENT NIGHTS AND EXPECT SOME PATCHY FOG...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO MENTION IN FORECAST. ONCE AGAIN THE BIG PICTURE CHANGES LITTLE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. WEAK MID LEVEL TROUGH WILL MEANDER ACROSS THE AREA WITH SOME TYPE OF SFC BOUNDARY HANGING OVER SE OK THROUGH W CENTRAL ARK. FINER DETAILS TOUGH TO SORT OUT. MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION THROUGH MONDAY ALONG AND NEAR BOUNDARY AND OVER HIGHER TERRAIN OF OZARK AND OUACHITAS EACH DAY. VIRTUALLY NO AIRMASS CHANGE AND WILL STICK WITH A PERSISTENCE TEMP FORECAST...CLOSE TO GUIDANCE NUMBERS THROUGHOUT. SLOW TRANSITION OUT OF THIS PATTERN WILL FINALLY OCCUR NEXT WEEK... BUT STILL ENOUGH UNCERTAINTY WITH EVENTUAL FATE OF WEAK UPPER LOW TO LEAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS THROUGH THURSDAY. GFS AND ENSEMBLES STILL SHOWING TRANSITION INTO MORE SUMMER PATTERN BY LATE IN THE WEEK AND WILL STICK WITH DRY AND HOTTER FORECAST. TUL 66 86 66 86 / 10 10 10 10 FSM 66 85 66 85 / 30 20 20 20 MLC 66 85 66 85 / 30 30 30 20 BVO 63 85 63 85 / 10 10 10 10 FYV 61 82 61 83 / 20 20 20 20 BYV 61 82 61 82 / 20 20 20 20 MKO 66 85 66 85 / 30 20 20 20 MIO 62 83 62 83 / 10 10 10 10 F10 66 85 66 85 / 20 20 20 20 HHW 67 85 67 85 / 40 30 30 30 FORECAST ID= 14 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE. SULLIVAN
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>064-066>076-151200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2003 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK A STATIONARY BOUNDARY LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH WIND FIELDS ALOFT WILL REMAIN RATHER WEAK...MODERATE INSTABILITIES WILL ALLOW SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS TO BRIEFLY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER HOWEVER IS NOT EXPECTED. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT AND HEAVY RAINFALL RATES IN ASSOCIATION WITH THESE STORMS...LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST ARKANSAS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS OVERNIGHT WITH A CONTINUED CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... PRIMARILY ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST-CENTRAL 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT THROUGH THURSDAY... HOWEVER...WELL ORGANIZED CONVECTION IS NOT APPARENT AT THIS TIME. THERE WILL BE A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO A WARMER AND DRIER SUMMER WEATHER PATTERN TOWARD THE END OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. .SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HOWEVER SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
OKZ049-141900-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
125 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
PUSHMATAHA
AT 125 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
SNOW...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY
THIS STORM INCLUDE...FINLEY AND SNOW. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE
AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A
WARNING.OKZ068-069-141930-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
127 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES:
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
CHEROKEE
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
ADAIR
AT 127 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MARIETTA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MARIETTA...BARON...
PROCTOR AND ELDON. 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.OKZ073-142030-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
233 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
PITTSBURG
AT 233 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
ASHLAND...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MCALESTER...KIOWA...PITTSBURG...
ASHLAND...SAVANNA...HAYWOOD...ARPELAR...SCIPIO AND INDIANOLA.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.OKZ069-072-142130-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
323 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
SOUTHEASTERN ADAIR
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
EASTERN SEQUOYAH
AT 323 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SHORT...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MULDROW...ROLAND AND SHORT.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT IN CASE THE ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.OKZ073-075-142145-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
339 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES:
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
PITTSBURG AND NORTHWESTERN LATIMER
AT 339 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES
NORTH OF GOWEN...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...GOWEN...MCALESTER...DOW...BACHE...
ALDERSON...KREBS AND BLOCKER.
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.OKZ049-142200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
356 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
PUSHMATAHA
AT 356 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF NASHOBA...DRIFTING SLOWLY WEST. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...CLOUDY...NASHOBA AND
RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT IN CASE THE ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:05 UTC.
1 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy thunderstorm rains with totals estimated in excess of 2 inches in a short period of time caused a few rural roads to be washed out near Arpelar.
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, June 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: 5367413, 5367412.