Hail, Osage
- When
- June 25, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County, 1 mi W of Shidler
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.783, -96.667
Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 25, 2003
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 25, 2:10 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 2:10 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA 310 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2003 DISC... RELATIVELY WARM AIR MID LEVELS KEEPING CU IN CHECK AT THIS TIME. EXPECT CAP TO ERODE FROM BACK BUILDING KS CONVECTION / FRONT BUILDING OF TEXAS PANHANDLE/SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA ACTION. FRONT NOT LOOKING UP TO ETA SPEED BUT CLOSER TO SLOWER GFS. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AOA EXTREME LEVELS. GFS APPEARS TO HAVE DROWNED IN CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK WITH PWA OF > 2.5 FOR PARTS TSA CWA AT 06Z TONIGHT. ETA AROUND 2.0 WHICH IS INDEED TROPICAL THINK CONVECTION WILL FIRE...THEN EVOLVE INTO A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDER. TRAINING ECHOES COULD CAUSE A WATER PROBLEM..BUT WILL HOLD ON FFA SINCE FFG NUMBERS GENERALLY 3.00 OR HIGHER/3HR. KEPT PRECIP MENTION THURSDAY MORNING..ALL LOCATIONS AND AFTERNOON FOR SE. POST FRONT THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY LOOKING FINE. -------------------------------------------- EXTENDED -------------------------------------------- SATURDAY > WEDNESDAY NORTHWEST H500 FLOW SATURDAY TURNS TO A WSW FLOW BY TUESDAY. MINOR SHORT WAVE WITH THE TRANSITION SUNDAY OR EARLY MONDAY WITH BEST RISK PRECIP STILL NORTH TSA CWA. WILL KEEP SUNDAY / MONDAY DRY. BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST WAVE MOVES ACROSS ROCKIES EARLY IN THE WEEK AND CONSOLIDATES IN NORTH CENTRAL CANADA BY MID WEEK. NORTHERN ACTION INDUCES A SUMMER LOOK TO H500 RIDGE BUILDING INTO OUR REGION FROM SOUTHWEST BY MID WEEK. NEAR CLIMO MEX TEMPS TUE/WED TOO LOW. GW TUL 68 80 58 86 / 90 30 10 10 FSM 73 81 57 87 / 80 60 10 10 MLC 72 82 57 87 / 90 60 10 10 BVO 63 80 55 86 / 80 20 10 10 FYV 68 76 51 83 / 90 60 10 10 BYV 68 76 55 83 / 90 60 10 10 MKO 70 80 56 87 / 90 50 10 10 MIO 66 79 55 85 / 90 20 10 10 F10 69 81 58 87 / 90 50 10 10 HHW 72 83 61 86 / 70 70 10 10 FORECAST ID= 21 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 12:00 PM CST, 5 hours 20 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-261100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT WED JUN 25 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 ...CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT TO OUR NORTH AND WEST BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLOWLY PROGRESS SOUTH-EASTWARD ACROSS OUR AREA OVERNIGHT. FORECAST WIND PROFILES SUGGEST THAT DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR WITH A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION...GIVEN THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE AIR...HEAVY RAINFALL IS A STRONG POSSIBILITY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE AFTER 9 PM. 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. THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING ACROSS THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THURSDAY MORNING...WITH THE ACTIVITY MOVING OUT OF THE AREA BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THE CHANCES OF ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER APPEAR MINIMAL...BUT THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY MORNING. COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER IS IN STORE FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...WITH A WARMING TREND COMMENCING BY SUNDAY. .SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED BY LATE THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT... WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:50 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
OKZ054>057-059>061-064>065-260300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 350 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #592 UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS: IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA: OKFUSKEE IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA: CRAIG CREEK NOWATA OSAGE PAWNEE ROGERS TULSA WASHINGTON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BARTLESVILLE...BRISTOW...BROKEN ARROW... CLAREMORE...NOWATA...OKEMAH...PAWHUSKA...PAWNEE...SAND SPRINGS... TULSA AND VINITA.
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:19 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- June 25, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Bartlesville
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.750, -96.000
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew trees and power lines down resulting in power outages.
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
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 25, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 25, 2003
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 25, 2003
- Heavy Rain in Iowa, June 25, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, June 25, 2003
- Hail in Texas, June 25, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 25, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 25, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 25, 2003
- Wildfire in Hawaii, June 25 to 30, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 25, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 25, 2003
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, June 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: 5367414, 5367415.