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The severe wind outbreak of June 11, 2003

363 wind reportsTennessee, Oklahoma, Mississippi and 17 more states

363 damaging wind reports across 20 states between 1:01 AM and 12:54 AM the next day CDT, 18 of them 65 knots (75 mph) or stronger. 180 hail reports and 22 tornadoes the same day.

Watch the day unfold

Severe wind day · June 11, 2003

How the day unfolded

Every damaging wind report of the day at its logged time, with the day's hail reports and tornadoes, and the counties they reached.

About this replay
Central time—Historical replay — logged report times
Wind reports—of 363 that day
Strongest gust—measured, so far
Largest hail—so far

The day in numbers

Wind reports
363
on Wednesday, June 11, 2003
75 mph or more
18
1 of 86 mph (75 knots) or more
Strongest measured gust
—
No measured gust reported
Measured
0
reports with an instrument reading; the rest are estimates from damage
Killed by wind
1
1 injured
Counties reporting
239
in 20 states

Hour by hour

Damaging wind reports in each hour, Central Daylight Time.

Wind reports per hour, June 11, 2003 1 AM: 4 2 AM: 5 3 AM: 0 4 AM: 5 5 AM: 2 6 AM: 3 7 AM: 0 8 AM: 0 9 AM: 0 10 AM: 2 11 AM: 6 Noon: 20 1 PM: 14 2 PM: 22 3 PM: 25 4 PM: 25 5 PM: 30 6 PM: 24 7 PM: 40 40 8 PM: 38 9 PM: 36 10 PM: 26 11 PM: 17 Midnight: 19 1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM

The strongest winds

The 100 strongest reports with a speed. Measured gusts come from an instrument; estimated speeds are judged from damage.

Strongest wind reports, June 11, 2003
8:08 PMLyman County SD90 mph78Estimated0
8:45 PMHoward County AR83 mph72Estimated0
2:50 AMLittle River County AR81 mph70Estimated0
1:41 PMVan Buren County TN81 mph70Estimated0
2:30 PMDickson County TN81 mph70Estimated0
7:00 PMDesha County AR81 mph70Estimated0
9:05 PMComanche County OK81 mph70Estimated0
12:11 AMMcIntosh County OK81 mph70Estimated0
8:55 PMComanche County OK79 mph69Estimated0
10:16 PMSheridan County KS78 mph68Estimated0
1:28 AMFranklin County IL75 mph65Estimated0
4:30 AMRed River County TX75 mph65Estimated0
11:32 AMMagoffin County KY75 mph65Estimated0
1:57 PMWinston County AL75 mph65Estimated0
8:05 PMAlleghany County NC75 mph65Estimated0
8:55 PMStokes County NC75 mph65Estimated0
9:05 PMStokes County NC75 mph65Estimated0
10:30 PMGove County KS75 mph65Estimated0
10:40 PMMurray County OK72 mph63Estimated0
11:03 PMPontotoc County OK72 mph63Estimated0
8:25 PMJackson County OK71 mph62Estimated0
8:50 PMRed Willow County NE71 mph62Estimated0
9:00 PMComanche County OK71 mph62Estimated0
9:30 PMGrady County OK71 mph62Estimated0
1:35 AMLe Flore County OK70 mph61Estimated0
6:20 PMHaskell County TX70 mph61Estimated0
7:00 PMSchleicher County TX70 mph61Estimated0
7:27 PMMenard County TX70 mph61Estimated0
7:57 PMTaylor County TX70 mph61Estimated0
8:00 PMThrockmorton County TX70 mph61Estimated0
8:47 PMKiowa County OK70 mph61Estimated0
8:55 PMBrown County TX70 mph61Estimated0
8:55 PMCaddo County OK70 mph61Estimated0
8:58 PMColeman County TX70 mph61Estimated0
9:17 PMBrown County TX70 mph61Estimated0
9:21 PMCaddo County OK70 mph61Estimated0
9:27 PMBrown County TX70 mph61Estimated0
9:36 PMMcClain County OK70 mph61Estimated0
9:40 PMJack County TX70 mph61Estimated0
9:59 PMOklahoma County OK70 mph61Estimated0
10:01 PMOklahoma County OK70 mph61Estimated0
10:05 PMOklahoma County OK70 mph61Estimated0
10:11 PMWise County TX70 mph61Estimated0
10:53 PMPottawatomie County OK70 mph61Estimated0
12:08 AMOkmulgee County OK70 mph61Estimated0
12:13 AMMcIntosh County OK70 mph61Estimated0
12:13 AMChoctaw County OK70 mph61Estimated0
12:15 AMPittsburg County OK70 mph61Estimated0
12:44 AMPushmataha County OK70 mph61Estimated0
12:45 AMLatimer County OK70 mph61Estimated0
12:49 AMMcIntosh County OK70 mph61Estimated0
12:54 AMMuskogee County OK70 mph61Estimated0
4:30 AMMississippi County AR69 mph60Estimated0
12:00 PMDeSoto County MS69 mph60Estimated0
12:12 PMRutherford County TN69 mph60Estimated0
12:30 PMPontotoc County MS69 mph60Estimated0
12:40 PMChickasaw County MS69 mph60Estimated0
12:50 PMHaywood County TN69 mph60Estimated0
1:45 PMPerry County TN69 mph60Estimated0
2:00 PMLawrence County TN69 mph60Estimated0
2:09 PMFranklin County AL69 mph60Estimated0
2:30 PMMaury County TN69 mph60Estimated0
2:32 PMLawrence County AL69 mph60Estimated0
2:45 PMWilliamson County TN69 mph60Estimated0
2:50 PMLimestone County AL69 mph60Estimated0
3:00 PMDavidson County TN69 mph60Estimated0
3:00 PMCullman County AL69 mph60Estimated0
3:04 PMWilliamson County TN69 mph60Estimated1
3:15 PMMadison County AL69 mph60Estimated0
3:30 PMFranklin County VA69 mph60Estimated0
3:45 PMGiles County VA69 mph60Estimated0
3:45 PMGiles County VA69 mph60Estimated0
4:40 PMJackson County AL69 mph60Estimated0
4:50 PMDade County GA69 mph60Estimated0
5:00 PMHamilton County TN69 mph60Estimated0
5:09 PMLafayette County MS69 mph60Estimated0
5:35 PMCalhoun County MS69 mph60Estimated0
5:40 PMHalifax County VA69 mph60Estimated0
7:45 PMDarlington County SC69 mph60Estimated0
8:34 PMHarlan County KY69 mph60Estimated0
8:50 PMNevada County AR69 mph60Estimated0
8:50 PMHoward County AR69 mph60Estimated0
8:55 PMStokes County NC69 mph60Estimated0
9:15 PMNevada County AR69 mph60Estimated0
7:50 PMTaylor County TX68 mph59Estimated0
8:20 PMColeman County TX68 mph59Estimated0
8:05 PMDistrict of Columbia County DC67 mph58Estimated0
8:37 PMRunnels County TX67 mph58Estimated0
9:15 PMColeman County TX67 mph58Estimated0
3:45 PMSumner County TN66 mph57Estimated0
12:44 AMLatimer County OK66 mph57Estimated0
9:02 PMCaddo County OK64 mph56Estimated0
9:07 PMComanche County OK64 mph56Estimated0
9:35 PMGrady County OK64 mph56Estimated0
9:35 PMGrady County OK64 mph56Estimated0
9:55 PMOklahoma County OK64 mph56Estimated0
10:03 PMCleveland County OK64 mph56Estimated0
10:14 PMGarvin County OK64 mph56Estimated0
10:20 PMMurray County OK64 mph56Estimated0
10:43 PMPottawatomie County OK64 mph56Estimated0

By state

Severe weather reports by state, June 11, 2003
Tennessee76—81.00
Oklahoma66—372.85
Mississippi55—101.00
Texas39—413.00
Alabama30—10.75
Virginia24—40.88
Arkansas19—101.75
Kansas9—71.00
North Carolina9—10.75
Kentucky7—62.00
Georgia7—10.75
Maryland7—0—
South Carolina4—20.75
Nebraska3—211.75
Louisiana2—31.00
Illinois2—0—
South Dakota1—204.50
District of Columbia1—0—
Florida1—0—
Missouri1—0—
North Dakota0—41.00
Colorado0—21.00
West Virginia0—10.88
Wyoming0—11.00

Counties with the most wind reports

Hail and tornadoes that day

180 hail reports, 9 of 2 inches or more; 22 tornadoes.

Largest hail, June 11, 2003
8:17 PMLyman County SD4.50
1:00 PMTerrell County TX3.00
8:00 PMJackson County OK2.85
6:15 PMHaskell County TX2.75
7:59 PMLyman County SD2.75
8:03 PMJackson County OK2.75
8:13 PMJackson County OK2.50
2:38 PMPike County KY2.00
8:34 PMKiowa County OK2.00
12:24 PMMagoffin County KY1.75
1:30 PMPennington County SD1.75
5:26 PMTerrell County TX1.75
5:35 PMKnox County TX1.75
5:58 PMSterling County TX1.75
6:18 PMRock County NE1.75
6:30 PMHaskell County TX1.75
6:33 PMKiowa County OK1.75
6:57 PMTaylor County TX1.75
7:02 PMKiowa County OK1.75
7:10 PMWilbarger County TX1.75
7:11 PMCallahan County TX1.75
7:27 PMHughes County SD1.75
7:42 PMTom Green County TX1.75
7:42 PMCoke County TX1.75
7:44 PMTom Green County TX1.75
7:49 PMHughes County SD1.75
7:52 PMJackson County OK1.75
7:56 PMJackson County OK1.75
8:00 PMGreer County OK1.75
8:04 PMFaulk County SD1.75
8:20 PMRock County NE1.75
8:45 PMVal Verde County TX1.75
8:49 PMConcho County TX1.75
9:33 PMPulaski County AR1.75
9:40 PMBrule County SD1.75
5:27 PMKnox County TX1.50
5:45 PMKnox County TX1.50
6:30 PMLyman County SD1.50
6:55 PMGreer County OK1.50
9:37 PMPulaski County AR1.50
10:21 PMGregory County SD1.50
1:05 PMPennington County SD1.25
1:15 PMPennington County SD1.25
7:00 PMGreer County OK1.25
1:00 AMArcher County TX1.00
11:48 AMRutherford County TN1.00
2:40 PMTunica County MS1.00
4:19 PMLincoln Parish LA1.00
4:59 PMPecos County TX1.00
5:00 PMProwers County CO1.00
  • F0 tornado6:10 PM CDT
  • F0 tornado6:15 PM CDT
  • F0 tornado6:20 PM CDT
  • F0 tornado6:22 PM CDT
  • F0 tornado6:25 PM CDT
  • F0 tornado6:25 PM CDT
  • F0 tornado6:30 PM CDT
  • F0 tornado6:38 PM CDT
  • F0 tornado6:38 PM CDT
  • F0 tornado6:47 PM CDT
  • F0 tornado7:00 PM CDT
  • F1 tornado7:20 PM CDT
  • F0 tornado7:32 PM CDT
  • F0 tornado7:40 PM CDT
  • F0 tornado7:42 PM CDT
  • F0 tornado7:57 PM CDT
  • F0 tornado7:58 PM CDT
  • F0 tornado8:00 PM CDT
  • F0 tornado8:09 PM CDT
  • F0 tornado8:37 PM CDT
  • F0 tornado9:13 PM CDT
  • F0 tornado9:30 PM CDT

2003 · On this date in other years · The biggest severe wind days

  1. A report is a single damage or measurement report to the National Weather Service. Several reports can describe one gust front, so reports are not storms.
  2. Reporting has grown with population, spotter networks and the internet, so counts from different decades are not directly comparable.
  3. Thunderstorm wind reports start at 50 knots (58 mph). SPC began flagging measured against estimated speeds in 2006; earlier reports are shown as estimated.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1955 to 2025. A day is SPC’s calendar date in Central Standard Time; a severe wind day here has 300 or more damaging wind reports, or 15 or more of 75 knots (86 mph) or more.