Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 10, 2003

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 10, 2003
Start: 2003-05-10T19:17
End: 2003-05-10T20:04
Location: Oklahoma

May 10, 2003 · NWS TSA · 4 events in 2 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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 May 10, 6:05 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 6:05 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before

MESOSCALE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA
705 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

THE SLOWLY INCREASING LINE OF STORMS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF
OKLAHOMA HAVE ONLY SLOWLY DEVELOPED.  SOME GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS
LIKELY AND AN ISOLATED SEVERE CELL IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE LINE.  THE
ATMOSPHERE HAS BEEN STABILIZED SOME BY THE PREVIOUS STORMS...SO THE
POTENTIAL IS LIMITED ENOUGH THAT THE SPC WATCH IN ADVANCE OF THIS
LINE WILL NOT BE EXTENDED.

FORECAST ID=08

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

Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 12:00 PM CST, 7 hours 17 minutes before

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-111100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
100 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 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

...NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
   EVENING...

EARLY THIS AFTERNOON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING ALONG A WIND
SHIFT LINE FROM NEAR BARTLESVILLE TO JUST EAST OF OKLAHOMA CITY TO
WITCHITA FALLS.  THIS LINE WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AS A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST OUT OF THE
DESERT SOUTHWEST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS.  THIS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM
WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING
BRINGING AN END TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

RICH MOISTURE...EXTREME INSTABILITY AND FAVORABLE WIND FIELDS WILL
LEAD TO SOME SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
VERY LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES.  A SQUALL LINE WILL EVENTUALLY EVOLVE
FROM THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS AND IT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ALSO
PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS.

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
COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS WILL KEEP THE WEATHER QUIET FOR SUNDAY
AND MONDAY BEFORE THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS BY AROUND
TUESDAY.  MOISTURE WILL ONCE AGAIN BE ON THE INCREASE WITH WARMER
TEMPERATURES AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING THROUGH AT
LEAST WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING.  SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS VERY CLOSELY TODAY.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 10, 3:43 PM CST, 3 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
0443 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0442 PM    FORT SMITH                AR   1.75 IN HAIL
05/10/03   SEBASTIAN

SP

Special weather statement, May 10, 4:00 PM CST, 3 hours 17 minutes before

ARZ020-102230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
500 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 530
   PM CDT...

AT 500 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING OUT OF CRAWFORD AND SEBASTION COUNTIES INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUST TO 40 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

Local storm report, May 10, 4:20 PM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
0520 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0512 PM    1 N CHARLESTON            AR   0.88 IN HAIL
05/10/03   FRANKLIN

SP

Local storm report, May 10, 4:29 PM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
0529 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1225 AM    1 W DEPEW                 OK   F1 TORNADO
05/10/03   CREEK                          300 YARD PATH WIDTH.  PATH
                                          LENGTH 2 MILES.  ENDED 1 NE
                                          DEPEW AT 1231 AM CDT. LOTS
                                          OF SNAPPED TREES.  MINOR
                                          DAMAGE TO A FEW STRUCTURES
                                          ON THE FRINGE OF THE PATH.

SP

Special weather statement, May 10, 5:59 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

ARZ001-OKZ058-062-063-068-069-110100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
659 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR BENTON...OTTAWA...
   DELAWARE...MAYES...CHEROKEE AND ADAIR COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 659 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF GROVE TO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SALINA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE COMMUNITIES OF
WESTVILLE...BALLARD...WATTS...JAY...OAKS...LEACH...TWIN OAKS...
KANSAS...COLCORD...CHLOETA...ZENA...GROVE...WEST SILOAM SPRINGS...
SCRAPER...LOCUST GROVE...ROSE...SALINA...SPAVINAW...LANGLEY...
DISNEY...SILOAM SPRINGS...SULPHUR SPRINGS...GENTRY...MAYSVILLE...
GRAVETTE...LAKE FRANCIS...GALLITIN...SPRINGTOWN...HIGHFILL...CHEROKEE
CITY...VAUGHN...DECATUR...CENTERTON...HIWASSE AND BELLA VISTA WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS THROUGH 800 PM CDT.

Special weather statement, May 10, 6:55 PM CST, 22 minutes before

OKZ049-053-110200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
755 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR PUSHMATAHA AND CHOCTAW
   COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 755 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11
MILES SOUTHWEST OF DARWIN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE
COMMUNITIES OF SAWYER...FORT TOWSON...SWINK...SOPER...MESSER...
KENT...SOBOL...SPEER...APPLE...ANTLERS...CORINNE...DELA...RATTAN...
CLOUDY...OLETA...DARWIN AND KELLOND WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM
THROUGH 900 PM CDT.

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 164 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:17 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Pushmataha

When: May 10, 7:17 PM CST
Where: Pushmataha County, Antlers
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.233, -95.617

Thunderstorm Wind, Pushmataha

When: May 10, 7:17 PM CST
Where: Pushmataha County, Antlers
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.233, -95.617

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a few trees down.

Hail, Choctaw

When: May 10, 7:45 PM CST
Where: Choctaw County, Hugo
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 34.017, -95.517

Hail, Choctaw

When: May 10, 8:04 PM CST
Where: Choctaw County, Sawyer
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.017, -95.367

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

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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: 5358124, 5358125, 5358126, 5358127.