Storm reports for May 13, 2003

On May 13, 2003, 242 hail, 41 damaging-wind and 4 tornado reports were logged across 11 states.

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242hail reports

41damaging-wind reports

4tornado reports

5.25″largest hail reported

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On May 13, 2003, 242 hail, 41 damaging-wind and 4 tornado reports were logged across 11 states. The largest hail reported was 5.25″ (softball size) in Stephens County, OK.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

State	Hail	Wind	Tornado	Largest hail
OK	83	9	0	5.25″
NE	50	3	0	2.00″
AR	25	22	2	2.75″
KS	48	0	0	1.75″
LA	18	3	2	2.75″
TX	10	0	0	2.75″
IA	3	1	0	1.75″
MO	1	3	0	0.75″
OH	2	0	0	1.75″
MS	1	0	0	1.00″
MT	1	0	0	0.75″

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

City	Population	Largest report
Weatherford, OK	12,047	3.00″
Lone Grove, OK	5,276	2.75″
Whitesboro, TX	4,145	2.75″
Arcadia, LA	2,579	2.75″
Homer, LA	2,563	2.50″
Dallas, TX	1,326,087	1.75″
Bossier City, LA	63,218	1.75″
Ardmore, OK	25,064	1.75″
Winfield, KS	11,678	1.75″
Highland Park, TX	8,762	1.75″
Wellington, KS	7,561	1.75″
Grambling, LA	5,278	1.75″
Gentry, AR	4,672	1.75″
Greendale, IN	4,581	1.75″
Madill, OK	4,084	1.75″
Jonesboro, LA	4,028	1.75″
Cleves, OH	3,387	1.75″
Marietta, OK	2,891	1.75″
Fairview, OK	2,653	1.75″
Watonga, OK	2,617	1.75″
Skiatook, OK	8,879	1.25″
Hinton, OK	4,931	1.25″
Wichita, KS	400,991	1.00″
Shreveport, LA	176,578	1.00″
Fayetteville, AR	103,134	1.00″

Hail reports (242)

Time (UTC)	Size	Location
08:35	5.25″	Stephens County, OK
06:35	3.00″	Custer County, OK
00:35	2.75″	Howard County, AR
00:48	2.75″	Howard County, AR
00:55	2.75″	Howard County, AR
01:05	2.75″	Wilbarger County, TX
02:00	2.75″	Lafayette County, AR
04:00	2.75″	Bienville Parish, LA
07:10	2.75″	Custer County, OK
08:30	2.75″	Carter County, OK
10:14	2.75″	Cooke County, TX
10:15	2.75″	Carter County, OK
10:19	2.75″	Grayson County, TX
03:14	2.50″	Claiborne Parish, LA
03:15	2.50″	Claiborne Parish, LA
21:30	2.00″	Pierce County, NE
08:45	2.00″	Stephens County, OK
12:13	1.75″	Reno County, KS
13:35	1.75″	Dallas County, TX
14:18	1.75″	Sumner County, KS
15:15	1.75″	Cowley County, KS
15:34	1.75″	Cowley County, KS
17:25	1.75″	Benton County, AR
21:50	1.75″	Antelope County, NE
22:00	1.75″	Le Flore County, OK
22:46	1.75″	Howard County, NE
00:20	1.75″	Carroll County, IA
00:25	1.75″	Wilbarger County, TX
01:30	1.75″	Republic County, KS
01:30	1.75″	Gage County, NE
01:44	1.75″	Republic County, KS
02:04	1.75″	Cloud County, KS
02:30	1.75″	Claiborne Parish, LA
02:35	1.75″	Columbia County, AR
02:46	1.75″	Webster Parish, LA
03:07	1.75″	Claiborne Parish, LA
03:47	1.75″	Bienville Parish, LA
03:50	1.75″	Lincoln Parish, LA
04:15	1.75″	Jackson Parish, LA
04:25	1.75″	Bossier Parish, LA
04:40	1.75″	Claiborne Parish, LA
04:43	1.75″	Jackson Parish, LA
05:30	1.75″	Bienville Parish, LA
06:25	1.75″	Hamilton County, OH
08:58	1.75″	Meade County, KS
09:07	1.75″	Carter County, OK
09:20	1.75″	Blaine County, OK
09:30	1.75″	Love County, OK
09:42	1.75″	Blaine County, OK
09:45	1.75″	Woodward County, OK
09:45	1.75″	Marshall County, OK
10:02	1.75″	Blaine County, OK
10:45	1.75″	Major County, OK
10:51	1.75″	Marshall County, OK
11:10	1.75″	Marshall County, OK
11:45	1.75″	Custer County, OK
19:18	1.50″	Holt County, NE
06:58	1.50″	Caddo County, OK
10:15	1.50″	Ellis County, OK
14:55	1.25″	Cowley County, KS
15:03	1.25″	Cowley County, KS
16:19	1.25″	Chautauqua County, KS
18:40	1.25″	Osage County, OK
00:10	1.25″	York County, NE
00:45	1.25″	Sevier County, AR
01:15	1.25″	Republic County, KS
04:45	1.25″	Caddo County, OK
06:55	1.25″	Caddo County, OK
09:00	1.25″	Carter County, OK
11:35	1.25″	Bryan County, OK
12:12	1.00″	Reno County, KS
12:58	1.00″	Reno County, KS
14:15	1.00″	Sumner County, KS
14:31	1.00″	Sumner County, KS
14:32	1.00″	Sedgwick County, KS
14:44	1.00″	Cowley County, KS
14:44	1.00″	Cowley County, KS
15:16	1.00″	Cowley County, KS
15:22	1.00″	Cowley County, KS
15:43	1.00″	Pike County, MS
16:03	1.00″	Chautauqua County, KS
16:11	1.00″	Craig County, OK
16:40	1.00″	Ottawa County, OK
17:35	1.00″	Craig County, OK
19:30	1.00″	Washington County, AR
20:12	1.00″	Holt County, NE
20:23	1.00″	Crawford County, AR
20:40	1.00″	Holt County, NE
20:44	1.00″	Johnson County, AR
20:50	1.00″	Franklin County, AR
21:12	1.00″	Wheeler County, NE
22:05	1.00″	Wheeler County, NE
22:09	1.00″	Le Flore County, OK
22:50	1.00″	Cedar County, NE
23:15	1.00″	Dodge County, NE
23:26	1.00″	Hamilton County, NE
23:55	1.00″	York County, NE
00:09	1.00″	Fillmore County, NE
00:25	1.00″	Clay County, NE
00:55	1.00″	Nuckolls County, NE
03:15	1.00″	Kiowa County, OK
04:13	1.00″	Caddo Parish, LA
04:16	1.00″	Caddo Parish, LA
04:30	1.00″	Claiborne Parish, LA
04:45	1.00″	Caddo County, OK
05:20	1.00″	Caddo County, OK
06:40	1.00″	Caddo County, OK
07:25	1.00″	Grady County, OK
07:30	1.00″	Grady County, OK
08:30	1.00″	Grady County, OK
08:45	1.00″	Clark County, KS
08:50	1.00″	Carter County, OK
09:00	1.00″	Carter County, OK
10:00	1.00″	Murray County, OK
10:16	1.00″	Woodward County, OK
10:37	1.00″	Johnston County, OK
11:16	1.00″	Bryan County, OK
11:34	1.00″	Bryan County, OK
12:50	0.88″	Sedgwick County, KS
14:27	0.88″	Sumner County, KS
15:47	0.88″	Chautauqua County, KS
18:15	0.88″	Washington County, OK
18:30	0.88″	Rogers County, OK
18:35	0.88″	Keya Paha County, NE
19:22	0.88″	Tulsa County, OK
19:45	0.88″	Wagoner County, OK
19:45	0.88″	Tulsa County, OK
20:03	0.88″	Mayes County, OK
20:35	0.88″	Knox County, NE
22:04	0.88″	Le Flore County, OK
22:12	0.88″	Le Flore County, OK
22:50	0.88″	Howard County, NE
22:51	0.88″	Nance County, NE
22:52	0.88″	Merrick County, NE
23:14	0.88″	Merrick County, NE
23:40	0.88″	Hardeman County, TX
23:40	0.88″	Foard County, TX
00:02	0.88″	Carroll County, IA
00:10	0.88″	Carroll County, IA
00:45	0.88″	Wilbarger County, TX
00:51	0.88″	Lancaster County, NE
01:15	0.88″	Republic County, KS
01:43	0.88″	Johnson County, NE
02:20	0.88″	Columbia County, AR
03:00	0.88″	Miller County, AR
06:38	0.88″	Caddo County, OK
06:55	0.88″	Caddo County, OK
08:28	0.88″	Dewey County, OK
08:38	0.88″	Garvin County, OK
09:35	0.88″	Harper County, OK
09:40	0.88″	Garvin County, OK
09:52	0.88″	Woodward County, OK
10:35	0.88″	Woodward County, OK
11:10	0.88″	Dewey County, OK
12:05	0.75″	Stafford County, KS
12:49	0.75″	Sedgwick County, KS
13:05	0.75″	Sedgwick County, KS
13:10	0.75″	Reno County, KS
13:16	0.75″	Sedgwick County, KS
13:26	0.75″	Sedgwick County, KS
13:35	0.75″	Harvey County, KS
14:00	0.75″	Bryan County, OK
14:25	0.75″	Butler County, KS
14:29	0.75″	Butler County, KS
14:35	0.75″	Sedgwick County, KS
14:37	0.75″	Sedgwick County, KS
14:40	0.75″	Sedgwick County, KS
14:43	0.75″	Cowley County, KS
14:52	0.75″	Sumner County, KS
15:08	0.75″	Cowley County, KS
15:36	0.75″	Montgomery County, KS
15:40	0.75″	Cowley County, KS
15:58	0.75″	Chautauqua County, KS
16:02	0.75″	Cowley County, KS
16:50	0.75″	Delaware County, OK
18:10	0.75″	Benton County, AR
18:35	0.75″	Barry County, MO
19:10	0.75″	Garfield County, NE
19:20	0.75″	Valley County, NE
19:43	0.75″	Washington County, AR
19:45	0.75″	Wheeler County, NE
19:52	0.75″	Boyd County, NE
20:00	0.75″	Boyd County, NE
20:05	0.75″	Wagoner County, OK
20:07	0.75″	Cherokee County, OK
20:15	0.75″	Antelope County, NE
20:23	0.75″	Crawford County, AR
20:25	0.75″	Wagoner County, OK
20:35	0.75″	Crawford County, AR
20:37	0.75″	Muskogee County, OK
20:46	0.75″	Antelope County, NE
21:05	0.75″	Antelope County, NE
21:07	0.75″	Antelope County, NE
21:08	0.75″	Sequoyah County, OK
21:17	0.75″	Garfield County, NE
21:20	0.75″	Crawford County, AR
21:45	0.75″	Muskogee County, OK
21:45	0.75″	Boone County, NE
21:45	0.75″	Antelope County, NE
21:50	0.75″	Conway County, AR
21:59	0.75″	Conway County, AR
22:08	0.75″	Faulkner County, AR
22:09	0.75″	Boone County, NE
23:00	0.75″	Platte County, NE
23:34	0.75″	Polk County, AR
23:35	0.75″	Butler County, NE
23:40	0.75″	York County, NE
00:03	0.75″	Clay County, NE
00:09	0.75″	Clay County, NE
00:27	0.75″	Wibaux County, MT
00:30	0.75″	Sevier County, AR
00:35	0.75″	Howard County, AR
00:35	0.75″	Nuckolls County, NE
00:37	0.75″	Thayer County, NE
00:45	0.75″	Nuckolls County, NE
01:05	0.75″	Thayer County, NE
01:07	0.75″	Thayer County, NE
01:10	0.75″	Lancaster County, NE
01:20	0.75″	Jefferson County, NE
01:35	0.75″	Archer County, TX
01:42	0.75″	Washington County, KS
02:28	0.75″	Clay County, KS
03:37	0.75″	Washita County, OK
03:50	0.75″	Caddo Parish, LA
04:00	0.75″	Bossier Parish, LA
06:48	0.75″	Caddo County, OK
06:50	0.75″	Clinton County, OH
08:00	0.75″	Stephens County, OK
08:30	0.75″	Caddo County, OK
08:49	0.75″	Dewey County, OK
09:15	0.75″	Carter County, OK
09:30	0.75″	Murray County, OK
09:30	0.75″	Dewey County, OK
09:45	0.75″	Marshall County, OK
10:05	0.75″	Woods County, OK
10:40	0.75″	Madison County, AR
11:00	0.75″	Dewey County, OK
11:10	0.75″	Fannin County, TX
11:15	0.75″	Marshall County, OK
11:15	0.75″	Bryan County, OK
11:20	0.75″	Blaine County, OK
11:55	0.75″	Bryan County, OK

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $191,000 in property damage and 88 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (286 events in 10 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

County	Events	Injuries	Property damage
Carroll County, IA	3	88	$14,000
Hall County, NE	1	0	$100,000
Howard County, NE	1	0	$25,000
Stephens County, OK	3	0	$19,000
Crawford County, AR	1	0	$10,000
Carter County, OK	1	0	$10,000
Marshall County, OK	1	0	$5,000
Holt County, NE	1	0	$3,000
Le Flore County, OK	1	0	$3,000
Grady County, OK	2	0	$2,000
Wilbarger County, TX	1	0	$0

What the National Weather Service wrote

Crawford County, AR (near Mulberry) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $10,000
“Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a large tree down onto a roof of a home. The winds also blew down power lines.”
Stephens County, OK (near Velma) · Hail 5.25″ · $10,000
“Many windows were reported broken along with several damaged trees. Power lines were also downed.”
Stephens County, OK (near Duncan) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $5,000
“Utility poles were reported downed for three miles.”
Marshall County, OK (near Madill) · Hail 1.75″ · $5,000
“Several homes had windows broken and damage to vinyl siding.”
Le Flore County, OK (near Panama) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $3,000
“Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew power lines down.”
Wilbarger County, TX (near Grayback) · Hail 2.75″ · $0
“A motorist driving on Highway 283 reported damage to windshield.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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