Texas, 2003Damaging Wind in Texas, May 14, 2003
May 14, 2003 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
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- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
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- 1
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NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 14, 2:50 PM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 14, 2:50 PM CST, 5 hours 40 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, 9 hours 30 minutes before
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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, 5 hours 24 minutes before
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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
Local storm report, May 14, 4:14 PM CST, 4 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
514 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1150 AM BROKEN BOW OK .88 INCH HAIL
05/14/03 MCCURTAIN REPORTED BY FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
0325 PM NASHVILLE AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/14/03 HOWARD REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0345 PM WASHINGTON AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/14/03 HEMPSTEAD REPORTED BY GENERAL
PUBLIC.
0400 PM HORATIO AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/14/03 SEVIER REPORTED BY GENERAL
PUBLIC.
0410 PM LOCKESBURG AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/14/03 SEVIER REPORTED BY CO-OP
OBSERVER.
0430 PM BROKEN BOW OK 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/14/03 MCCURTAIN REPORTED BY FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
0455 PM FOREMAN AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/14/03 LITTLE RIVER REPORTED BY SPOTTERS.
20Local storm report, May 14, 4:47 PM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
547 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0520 PM 5 W LEWISVILLE AR .75 INCH HAIL
05/14/03 LAFAYETTE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0522 PM 5 W LEWISVILLE AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/14/03 LAFAYETTE NEAR SPIRIT LAKE. REPORTED
BY STATE TROOPERS.
0522 PM 5 W LEWISVILLE AR WIND DAMAGE
05/14/03 LAFAYETTE POWER LINES DOWN NEAR
SPIRIT LAKE. REPORTED BY
STATE TROOPERS.
0530 PM 3 W LEWISVILLE AR WIND DAMAGE
05/14/03 LAFAYETTE TREES DOWN N AND S OF HWY
82. REPORTED BY STATE
TROOPERS.
20Special weather statement, May 14, 5:23 PM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
623 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2003
...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR NORTHEAST TEXAS...
MCCURTAIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
AND NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT...
FOR ALL OF NORTH LOUISIANA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...
GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR MANSFIELD AND SHREVEPORT
LOUISIANA TO NEAR LEWISVILLE AND HOPE ARKANSAS.
WHILE THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED THIS EVENING...STRONG
AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE
IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION OR
CABLE SUBSCRIBER FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES.
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Local storm report, May 14, 6:27 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
727 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0655 PM ATHENS LA 2.50 INCH HAIL
05/14/03 CLAIBORNE REPORTED BY GENERAL
PUBLIC.
20Local storm report, May 14, 8:03 PM CST, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
903 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0710 PM RUSTON LA FLASH FLOODS
05/14/03 LINCOLN URBAN FLOODING IN DOWNTOWN
RUSTON. WATER GOING INTO
SOME CARS. REPORTED BY
GENERAL PUBLIC.
0725 PM ARCADIA LA .75 INCH HAIL
05/14/03 BIENVILLE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0725 PM ARCADIA LA WIND DAMAGE
05/14/03 BIENVILLE TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS.
0750 PM RUSTON LA WIND DAMAGE
05/14/03 LINCOLN 3 WINDSHIELDS BLOWN OUT.
REPORTED BY BROADCAST
MEDIA.
0810 PM 5 W IDABEL OK WIND DAMAGE
05/14/03 MCCURTAIN TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
0815 PM MONROE LA WIND DAMAGE
05/14/03 OUACHITA POWER LINES DOWN ON
GARRETT ROAD. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
0820 PM MONROE LA FLASH FLOODS
05/14/03 OUACHITA NUMEROUS RURAL ROADS UNDER
WATER. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
20Thunderstorm Wind, Bowie
- When
- May 14, 8:30 PM CST to 8:36 PM CST
- Where
- Bowie County, 2 mi SE of Maud
- Measured
- 87 kt (100 mph) estimated sustained
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 33.317, -94.333
A violent thunderstorm moved rapidly southeast across McCurtain County, OK into Bowie and Cass County, TX. This thunderstorm also produced a long track tornado across the same counties. Another microburst also occurred just southwest of Idabel, OK in McCurtain County. Numerous large trees were snapped and pushed over along the track in this county. Several barns were destroyed, a roof was blown off a barn, many shingles were removed from homes and several cars were crushed from fallen trees.
- 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.
- Tornado in Texas, May 14, 2003$200,000 · F2 · 1 event
- Tornado in Oklahoma, May 14, 2003$50,000 · F2 · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, May 14, 2003$1.4 million · 1.75 in hail · 23 events
- Hail in Texas, May 14, 2003$880,000 · 4.5 in hail · 1 event
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, May 14, 2003$67,000 · F1 · 22 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Illinois, May 14, 2003$350,000 · 1 in hail · 8 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 14, 2003$93,000 · 1.75 in hail · 18 events
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 14, 2003$200,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 14, 2003$200,000 · 69 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind and Strong Wind in California, May 14, 2003$160,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Louisiana, May 14 to 15, 2003$121,000 · 0.75 in hail · 6 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 14, 2003$49,000 · 1.75 in hail · 8 events
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: 5353986.