Tornado and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 16, 2003

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees. One tree damaged the roof of a home.

The Oklahoma mesonet site 2 miles south of Wynona recorded a 59.1 mile an hour wind gust.

The Oklahoma mesonet site near Foraker recorded a 67 mile an hour wind gust.

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

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

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour struck the Bartlesville Municipal Airport. One small plane was flipped onto its back and heavily damaged. Up to a dozen other planes were damaged when the doors were blown out of a hangar. The hangar that had its doors blown out also suffered significant roof damage which made its future use questionable. One other hanger and the Biplane Expo Center receivedlight to moderate damage but were still usable.

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour associated with a line of thundestorms referred to as a bow echo did serious damage to homes and businesses, especially in the Oak Park neighborhood. Light to moderate damage was reported for 129 homes. This included shingles and gutters blown off roofs and broken windows. Severe damage was done to two homes whose roofs were blown off making them uninhabitable. Of the businesses which were damaged two were considered to have light to moderate damage and one was reported to have severe damage. One building that received roof damage was the Lighthouse Outreach Center where a flat tar roof was pealed back by the wind. After the roof was damaged rainfall caused water damage. Total damage to the building was estimated at $100,000. In addition to the damage to buildings, trees and power lines were also knocked down resulting in power outages.

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour did damage at a homestead 13 miles south of Bristow and about a mile east of Highway 48. Two mobile homes suffered partial roof damage. Three outbuildings were destroyed. A new pickup within one of the outbuildings was also destroyed.

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.

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

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour damaged a few outbuildings and blew down some trees at Dentonville.

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles did serious damage along a 6 miles long area from just southwest of Nowata to just northwest of Nowata. Two homes, an indoor livestock area and 5 barns were destroyed. Twelve other structures received significant roof damage. This damage was produced by the same line of thunderstorms that produced significant wind damage in Bartlesville earlier in the morning.

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour damaged a few outbuildings and blew down some trees.

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 miles an hour blew a mobile home off its foundation, blew shingles off a roof of a home, damaged outbuildings and blew down power poles and power lines.

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down several large tree limbs.

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

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew part of the roof off a building in downtown Fort Gibson. The debris damage two store fronts.

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down power poles one mile south of the Fort Gibson Lake dam.

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs at Big Cabin which is 7 miles south southwest of Vinita.

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees and tree limbs. one tree limb damaged a roof.

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew trees and power lines down. One tree at nearby Hudson Lake Marina fell onto a car and into a bedroom of a home. The person in the bedroom suffered minor injuries.

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down power lines in the Keys area.

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour destroyed a barn.

Thunderstorms winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several trees, large tree limbs and power poles.

A F1 tornado touched down near Flint on Flint Creek or about 5 miles east southeast of community of Kansas. The tornado was on the ground for 3.2 miles and was 200 yards wide. Approximated 30-40 mobile homes and travel trailers were damaged or destroyed. Several automobiles were also damaged.Two people were taken to a hospital due to injuries. However, they were released later in the day.

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

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a tree down onto a road.

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees and destroyed a barn.

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

Thundestorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.