Hail, McCurtain
- When
- May 14, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- McCurtain County, Holly Creek
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 33.983, -94.817
Hail in Oklahoma, May 14, 2003
1 hail, 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 14, 2:50 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 14, 2:50 PM CST, 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 350 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2003 NEXT ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE CWA RIGHT NOW. THIS HAS PROMPTED SPC TO ISSUE TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF I 20 TIL 8 PM. THIS AREA MAY SLOWLY SAG SOUTHWARD AS STORMS RACE EASTWARD. AM TENDING TO THINK A LITTLE THAT THERE WON/T BE ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE DURING THE DAY TOMORROW...UNLESS TONIGHTS IS LINGERING DOWN SOUTH IN THE MORNING. BUT STORMS MAY GET GOING TOMORROW NIGHT...AND CHANCE OF STORMS WILL PERSIST INTO SATURDAY AS UPPER LEVEL LOW COMES DRIFTING THIS WAY. UPPER RIDGE LOOKS TO ASSERT ITSELF LATTER PART OF WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. NOT THAT WE WILL GET ANY LESS HUMID...BUT EXPECTING CAPPING INVERSION TO KEEP THINGS QUIET FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. 17 PRELIMS... SHV 69/89/72/87/71 4222 MLU 69/90/70/89/71 4222 TXK 68/88/71/86/70 6255 TYR 71/89/72/87/71 4222 LFK 70/90/73/89/73 2222 .SHV...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 11:00 AM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-151100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT ACROSS THE FOUR STATES REGION. HOWEVER...THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20...IS THE PRIMARY AREA OF CONCERN. A WEAK WARM FRONT STRETCHES FROM THE RED RIVER OF MCCURTAIN COUNTY OKLAHOMA...THROUGH THE VICINITY OF EL DORADO ARKANSAS. THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...WITH STORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST SOUTHEASTWARD AFTER FORMING. VERY LARGE HAIL IS THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ALSO QUITE POSSIBLE. ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT EITHER...ESPECIALLY JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT WHERE LOW LEVEL VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL BE GREATEST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... THERE IS A CONTINUED SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 14, 3:06 PM CST, 14 minutes before
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-012>014-OKZ077-TXZ096-097- 108>112-124>126-138-150100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 406 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2003 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH HALF OF THE FOUR STATE AREA... A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING...FOR THAT PART OF THE FOUR STATE AREA GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. THIS AREA INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...MCCURTAIN COUNTY OKLAHOMA. IT ALSO INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CLARKSVILLE...MOUNT PLEASANT...GILMER...AND MARSHALL IN TEXAS...AND SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY...MINDEN...HOMER...RUSTON...AND MONROE IN LOUISIANA. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. RESIDENTS OF THIS AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 03
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 151 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:21 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Texas, May 14, 2003
- Tornado in Oklahoma, May 14, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, May 14, 2003
- Hail in Texas, May 14, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, May 14, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Illinois, May 14, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 14, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 14, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 14, 2003
- Damaging Wind and Strong Wind in California, May 14, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Louisiana, May 14 to 15, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 14, 2003
More
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, May 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: 5353140.