Storm reports for May 14, 2003

On May 14, 2003, 174 hail, 36 damaging-wind and 11 tornado reports were logged across 15 states.

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174hail reports

36damaging-wind reports

11tornado reports

4.50″largest hail reported

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On May 14, 2003, 174 hail, 36 damaging-wind and 11 tornado reports were logged across 15 states. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in Bowie County, TX.

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
IA	35	4	0	1.75″
IL	18	7	8	2.00″
IN	21	2	1	1.75″
MO	19	2	0	1.75″
OK	15	3	1	1.00″
TX	15	3	0	4.50″
LA	11	7	0	2.50″
AR	11	3	0	1.75″
MN	12	0	1	1.00″
MS	5	3	0	1.75″
NE	7	0	0	1.75″
KY	4	0	0	1.00″
KS	1	0	0	0.75″
FL	0	1	0	–
CA	0	1	0	–

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

City	Population	Largest report
Cleburne, TX	38,131	2.75″
Atlanta, TX	5,448	2.50″
Charleston, IL	17,361	2.00″
Council Bluffs, IA	62,665	1.75″
Monroe, LA	46,622	1.75″
West Plains, MO	12,704	1.75″
West Monroe, LA	12,476	1.75″
Dexter, MO	7,890	1.75″
Clear Lake, IA	7,602	1.75″
Forest City, IA	4,199	1.75″
Carter Lake, IA	3,752	1.75″
Fairbury, IL	3,571	1.75″
Solon, IA	3,284	1.75″
Attica, IN	3,247	1.75″
Brinkley, AR	2,538	1.75″
Mount Vernon, TX	2,601	1.50″
Omaha, NE	489,265	1.25″
Indianapolis, IN	891,484	1.00″
Cedar Rapids, IA	137,904	1.00″
Carmel, IN	103,606	1.00″
Davenport, IA	100,938	1.00″
Iowa City, IA	76,710	1.00″
Westfield, IN	62,994	1.00″
Midlothian, TX	44,104	1.00″
Marion, IA	42,542	1.00″

Hail reports (174)

Time (UTC)	Size	Location
02:30	4.50″	Bowie County, TX
05:25	2.75″	Johnson County, TX
23:55	2.50″	Claiborne Parish, LA
02:45	2.50″	Cass County, TX
02:35	2.00″	Coles County, IL
14:45	1.75″	Monroe County, AR
17:35	1.75″	Colfax County, NE
17:50	1.75″	Dodge County, NE
18:45	1.75″	Douglas County, NE
18:52	1.75″	Winnebago County, IA
18:55	1.75″	Pottawattamie County, IA
19:20	1.75″	Jasper County, IA
19:42	1.75″	Cerro Gordo County, IA
20:45	1.75″	Hempstead County, AR
21:13	1.75″	Butler County, IA
21:55	1.75″	Little River County, AR
22:13	1.75″	Livingston County, IL
23:45	1.75″	Johnson County, IA
23:55	1.75″	Cedar County, IA
01:35	1.75″	Fountain County, IN
02:35	1.75″	Reynolds County, MO
02:45	1.75″	Marion County, MS
03:20	1.75″	Howell County, MO
03:58	1.75″	Bossier Parish, LA
04:09	1.75″	Stoddard County, MO
04:20	1.75″	Ouachita Parish, LA
04:35	1.75″	Crawford County, IL
04:48	1.75″	Hood County, TX
06:20	1.75″	Bollinger County, MO
12:40	1.50″	Franklin County, TX
18:36	1.25″	Washington County, NE
18:55	1.25″	Douglas County, NE
02:27	1.25″	Douglas County, MO
07:30	1.25″	Mississippi County, MO
12:20	1.00″	Blaine County, OK
12:54	1.00″	Lamar County, TX
12:55	1.00″	Titus County, TX
16:32	1.00″	Pontotoc County, OK
16:46	1.00″	Hughes County, OK
17:30	1.00″	Pittsburg County, OK
18:11	1.00″	Blue Earth County, MN
18:28	1.00″	Faribault County, MN
18:30	1.00″	Scott County, IA
18:36	1.00″	Winnebago County, IA
18:45	1.00″	Nicollet County, MN
19:00	1.00″	Faribault County, MN
19:44	1.00″	Marshall County, IA
19:48	1.00″	Franklin County, IA
19:53	1.00″	Le Sueur County, MN
19:53	1.00″	Blue Earth County, MN
20:05	1.00″	Mercer County, IL
20:34	1.00″	Marshall County, IL
21:00	1.00″	Sevier County, AR
21:10	1.00″	Sevier County, AR
21:11	1.00″	Peoria County, IL
21:20	1.00″	McCurtain County, OK
21:30	1.00″	McCurtain County, OK
21:30	1.00″	LaSalle County, IL
21:43	1.00″	Livingston County, IL
22:22	1.00″	Lafayette County, AR
22:55	1.00″	Linn County, IA
23:26	1.00″	Henderson County, IL
23:26	1.00″	Johnson County, IA
00:13	1.00″	Jefferson County, MS
00:48	1.00″	Muscatine County, IA
01:15	1.00″	Clinton County, IN
01:30	1.00″	Winn Parish, LA
01:35	1.00″	McCurtain County, OK
01:50	1.00″	Clinton County, IN
02:05	1.00″	Iron County, MO
02:12	1.00″	Bowie County, TX
02:12	1.00″	Bowie County, TX
02:15	1.00″	Iron County, MO
02:45	1.00″	Howell County, MO
02:57	1.00″	Cass County, TX
03:04	1.00″	Marion County, IN
03:19	1.00″	Hamilton County, IN
03:25	1.00″	Howell County, MO
03:30	1.00″	Clark County, IL
03:50	1.00″	Shelby County, IN
03:55	1.00″	Hancock County, IN
04:18	1.00″	Rush County, IN
04:45	1.00″	Ouachita Parish, LA
05:05	1.00″	Ellis County, TX
05:45	1.00″	Bollinger County, MO
07:20	1.00″	Navarro County, TX
09:10	1.00″	Brazos County, TX
10:35	1.00″	Grayson County, KY
12:30	0.88″	Canadian County, OK
13:32	0.88″	Cleveland County, OK
13:35	0.88″	Cleveland County, OK
14:00	0.88″	Pulaski County, AR
16:50	0.88″	McCurtain County, OK
18:06	0.88″	Dodge County, NE
18:36	0.88″	Henry County, IL
19:05	0.88″	Winnebago County, IA
19:07	0.88″	Cerro Gordo County, IA
19:12	0.88″	Blue Earth County, MN
19:15	0.88″	Cerro Gordo County, IA
19:18	0.88″	Cerro Gordo County, IA
19:37	0.88″	Blue Earth County, MN
19:43	0.88″	Jasper County, IA
20:20	0.88″	Grundy County, IA
20:30	0.88″	Blue Earth County, MN
21:20	0.88″	Keokuk County, IA
21:55	0.88″	Benton County, IA
22:14	0.88″	Bremer County, IA
23:12	0.88″	Des Moines County, IA
00:34	0.88″	Montgomery County, IN
00:55	0.88″	Tippecanoe County, IN
01:08	0.88″	Benton County, IN
01:18	0.88″	Tippecanoe County, IN
02:25	0.88″	Putnam County, IN
02:52	0.88″	Wayne County, MO
03:10	0.88″	Howell County, MO
03:25	0.88″	Howard County, IN
03:30	0.88″	Morgan County, IN
03:45	0.88″	Wayne County, MO
05:16	0.88″	Saline County, IL
07:55	0.88″	Hickman County, KY
14:05	0.75″	Lonoke County, AR
14:10	0.75″	Lonoke County, AR
16:40	0.75″	Pontotoc County, OK
17:04	0.75″	Pittsburg County, OK
17:08	0.75″	Hughes County, OK
18:05	0.75″	Dodge County, NE
18:15	0.75″	Brown County, MN
18:30	0.75″	Henry County, IL
18:34	0.75″	Pottawattamie County, IA
18:36	0.75″	Nicollet County, MN
18:45	0.75″	Muscatine County, IA
18:57	0.75″	Brown County, MN
19:17	0.75″	Cerro Gordo County, IA
19:17	0.75″	Cerro Gordo County, IA
19:27	0.75″	Winnebago County, IA
20:06	0.75″	Stark County, IL
20:25	0.75″	Howard County, AR
21:03	0.75″	Keokuk County, IA
21:45	0.75″	Tazewell County, IL
22:13	0.75″	Benton County, IA
22:20	0.75″	Lafayette County, AR
23:01	0.75″	Linn County, IA
23:18	0.75″	Linn County, IA
23:30	0.75″	De Witt County, IL
00:15	0.75″	Jefferson County, MS
00:25	0.75″	Bienville Parish, LA
00:59	0.75″	Fulton County, IL
01:00	0.75″	Muscatine County, IA
01:03	0.75″	Muscatine County, IA
01:10	0.75″	Warren County, IN
01:28	0.75″	Lincoln County, MS
01:30	0.75″	McCurtain County, OK
01:38	0.75″	Boone County, MO
01:50	0.75″	Boone County, MO
02:00	0.75″	Montgomery County, IN
02:51	0.75″	Cass County, TX
03:02	0.75″	Shannon County, MO
03:16	0.75″	Hendricks County, IN
03:42	0.75″	Lincoln Parish, LA
04:06	0.75″	Effingham County, IL
04:30	0.75″	Webster Parish, LA
04:35	0.75″	Caddo Parish, LA
04:45	0.75″	Caddo Parish, LA
04:54	0.75″	Fayette County, IN
05:15	0.75″	Jones County, MS
05:15	0.75″	Union County, IN
05:24	0.75″	Franklin Parish, LA
05:45	0.75″	Union County, KY
05:50	0.75″	Ripley County, IN
06:20	0.75″	Stoddard County, MO
07:11	0.75″	Mississippi County, MO
07:42	0.75″	Sedgwick County, KS
07:44	0.75″	Freestone County, TX
11:37	0.75″	Larue County, KY

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $3.1 million in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (226 events in 16 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

County	Events	Property damage
Bowie County, TX	2	$1.1 million
Cedar County, IA	1	$250,000
Linn County, IA	1	$250,000
McCurtain County, OK	2	$250,000
Johnson County, IA	2	$200,000
Lee County, IA	1	$150,000
Mercer County, IL	1	$100,000
Des Moines County, IA	1	$100,000
Muscatine County, IA	1	$100,000
Clark County, MO	1	$100,000
Scotland County, MO	1	$100,000
Henderson County, IL	1	$50,000

What the National Weather Service wrote

Bowie County, TX (near Maud) · Hail 4.50″ · $880,000
“Numerous home and car windows broken. Roofs were torn open. Vegetation flattened and trees stripped for a several mile area.”
McCurtain County, OK (near Idabel) · Thunderstorm wind 79 mph · $200,000
“A violent thunderstorm moved rapidly southeast across McCurtain County, OK into Bowie County and Cass County, TX. This thunderstorm also produced a strong tornado in McCurtain County, OK which moved into northeast Texas and a second, stronger microburst, southeast of Maud, TX.”
Bowie County, TX (near De Kalb) · Tornado F2 · $200,000
“A violent thunderstorm moved rapidly southeast across McCurtain County, OK into Bowie County, TX and Cass County, TX. This thunderstorm also produced a strong microburst in McCurtain County southwest of Idabel, OK and again southeast of Maud, TX, located in Bowie County.”
McCurtain County, OK (near Valliant) · Tornado F2 · $50,000
“A violent thunderstorm moved rapidly southeast across McCurtain County, OK into Bowie County, TX and Cass County, TX. This thunderstorm also produced a strong Microburst in McCurtain County southeast of Idabel, OK and again southeast of Maud, TX.”
Marion County, MS (near Countywide) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $20,000
“Numerous trees blown down across the county.”
Marion County, MS (near Columbia) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $10,000
“A few trees were blown down on Richland Creek road.”

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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