Tornado Alley 

Significant Tornadoes of 2003
Date County/Parish/State

Intensity

PL PW Inj. Fat.
March 20
5:05am EST
Mitchell GA
5 SW Camilla - 6 N Sale City
F3 19 600y 200 4
March 20
5:25am EST
Mitchell/Worth GA
4 SW Bridgeboro - 2 E-SE Bridgeboro
F3* 6 400y 0 2
April 6
1:35pm CDT
Cherokee/Rusk TX
1 E Ponta - 9 NE Henderson
F3 42 400y 0 0
April 24
9:53pm CDT
Rankin MS
2 SE Florence - 4 E-NE Brandon
F3 15 600y 6 0

May 4
4:18pm CDT
Wyandotte KS & Platte/Clay MO
3 E-NE Bonner Springs KS - 
1 NW Gladstone MO
F4 21 500y 30 2
May 4
4:24pm CDT
Neosho/Crawford KS & Barton MO
4 W South Mound KS - 1 N Liberal MO
F4 45 800y 30 4
May 4
4:45pm CDT
Clay MO
Gladstone City Limits - 
4 N-NW Pleasant Valley
F4 6 200y 13 0

May 4
5:31pm CDT
Barton/Vernon/Cedar/Polk/
Hickory/Dallas MO
1 E Liberal - 2 SW Leadmine
F4* 86 600y 47 5

May 4
5:45pm CDT
Cherokee KS & Jasper MO
3 N Melrose KS - 
3 E-NE Carl Junction MO
F3 25 800y 34 5
May 4
6:50pm CDT
Newton/Lawrence/Christian/Greene MO
2 S Ritchey - 1 NE Battlefield
F3 45 800y 48 7
May 4
7:36pm CDT
Camden MO
6 W Decaturville - 2 NE Montreal
F3 14 400y 27 4

May 4
9:29pm CDT
Faulkner/Lonoke/White/
Woodruff/Cross AR
3 SW Saltillo - 2 E-SE Vanndale
F3 78 400y 9 0
May 4
11:35pm CDT
Madison/Henderson TN
2 SW Denmark - 3 E-SE Lexington
F4 39 800y 86 11
May 4
11:45pm CDT
Madison/Henderson TN
5 SE Denmark - 2 E-SE Huron
F3 21 400y 0 0
May 5
12:53am CDT
Montgomery TN
8 S Clarksville - 12 SE Clarksville
F3 12 1000y 1 0
May 6
7:45pm CDT
Cape Girardeau MO
Jackson City Limits - 2 NE Jackson
F3 2 50y 0 0
May 6
9:32pm CDT
Massic/Pulaski/Pope IL
1 W Grand Chain - 1 Golconda
F4 33 1200y 33 2
May 8
4:10pm CDT
Cleveland/Oklahoma OK
2 W Moore - Choctaw City Limits
F4 18 600y 134 0
May 8
5:46pm CDT
Osage OK
1 NW Fairfax - 1 W-NW Bowring
F3 45 800y 0 0
May 8
6:40pm CDT
Osage KS
5 W-SW Lyndon - 4 SW Overbrook
F3 25 800y 0 0
May 8
6:56pm CDT
Woodson/Allen KS
1 N Toronto - 2 E Carlyle
F3 24 400y 3 0
May 9
9:29pm CDT
Oklahoma OK
NE Oklahoma City Limits - 3 SW Luther
F3 18 1000y 2 0
May 10
4:45pm CDT
Mason/Lewis KY
3 SE Maysville - 4 SE Vanceburg
F3 25 200y 17 0
May 10
6:30pm CDT
Monroe/Ralls/Marion MO
1 SW Monroe City - 4 S-SE Palmyra
F3 15 200y 0 0
May 10
6:36pm CDT
Adams IL
1 S-SW Meyer - 3 NE Lima
F3* 10 400y 4 0
May 10
9:45pm CDT
Tazewell IL
3 SW South Pekin - 3 N Morton
F3 18 800y 32 0
May 11
1:18am CDT
McLean KY
Sacramento City Limits -
2 E-SE Sacramento
F3 2 70y 2 0
May 11
3:20am CDT
Davidson TN
5 W-NW Franklin - 4 NW Franklin
F3 1 300y 1 0
May 11
3:50am CDT
Rutherford TN
Walterhill City Limits - 1 NE Walterhill
F3 1 400y 0 0
May 15
5:36pm CDT
Dallam TX
6 NW Conlen - 5 S-SE Kerrick
F3* 10 1000y 0 0
June 9
7:30pm CDT
Holt NE
4 N Emmet - 2 N Page
F3 23 800y 0 0
June 22
6:43pm CDT
Thayer NE
1 SE Deshler - 3 W-NW Deshler
F3* 3 200y 7 1
June 23
9:43pm CDT
Cedar NE
6 W Coleridge - 7 E-NE Coleridge
F4 13 1200y 0 1
June 24
6:26pm CDT
Jerauld/Sanborn SD
6 SE Lane - 2 N Woonsocket
F3 6 400y 0 0
June 24
7:29pm CDT
Kingsbury SD
2 N Esmond - 3 N Manchester
F4 10 1000y 4 0
June 24
9:25pm CDT
Beadle SD
2 SW Cavour - 1 N Cavour
F3 4 300y 0 0
July 21
4:00pm EDT
Potter PA
2 SW Ellisburg - 1 E- NE Ellisburg
F3 3 200y 2 0



Top 5 Most Violent Tornadoes - 2003
Date Tornado "Name" Intensity PL PW  
1) May 4 Franklin KS F4 45 800y 30 inj.  4 fat.
2) May 6 Hillerman IL F4 33 1200y 33 inj. 2 fat.
3) June 24 Manchester SD F4 25 800y 4 inj.  0 fat.
4) May 4 Denmark-Jackson TN F4 39 800y 86 inj.  11 fat.
5) May 8 Moore - Oklahoma City OK F4 44 300y 134 inj.  0 fat.


Towns/Cities Impacted By 
F3 - F5 Tornadoes  (2003)

Date City/Town County/State Intensity Fatalities
March 20 Camilla  Mitchell GA F3 4
April 24 Brandon Rankin MS F3 0
May 4 Kansas City Wyandotte KS F4 1
May 4 Gladstone Clay MO F4 0
May 4 Girard Crawford KS F4 0
May 4 Ringo Crawford KS F4 0
May 4 Franklin Crawford KS F4 3
May 4 Stockton Cedar MO F4* 3
May 4 Smithville Jasper MO F3 3
May 4 Carl Junction Jasper MO F3 1
May 4 Pierce City Lawrence MO F3 1
May 4 Battlefield Greene MO F3 1
May 4  Springfield (S) Greene MO F3 0
May 4 Tilton Cross AR F3 0
May 4 Denmark Madison TN F4 9
May 4 Jackson Madison TN F4 2
May 4 Lexington Henderson TN F4 0
May 6 Jackson Cape Girardeau F3 0
May 6 Hillerman Massac F4 0
May 8 Moore Cleveland OK F4 0
May 8 Oklahoma City (S) Oklahoma OK F4 0
May 8 Little Chief Osage OK F3 0
May 9 Oklahoma City (NE) Oklahoma OK F3 0
May 10 Lima Adams IL F3* 0
May 10 South Pekin Tazewell IL F3 0
May 10 Morton Tazewell IL F3 0
May 11 Sacramento McLean KY F3 0
May 11 Walterhill Rutherford TN F3  
June 22 Deshler Thayer NE F3* 1
June 24 Manchester Kingsbury SD F4 0
 

 Strong/Violent Tornadoes By State - 2003

State Total F3 F4 F5
Missouri 9 5 4 0
Kansas 5 3 2 0
Tennessee 5 4 1 0
Oklahoma 3 2 1 0
Illinois 3 2 1 0
Nebraska 3 2 1 0
South Dakota 3 2 1 0
Kentucky 2 2 0 0
Texas 2 2 0 0
Kentucky 2 2 0 0
Georgia 2 2 0 0
Arkansas 1 1 0 0
Mississippi 1 1 0 0
Pennsylvania 1 1 0 0
2003 Total 39 30 9 0

State Border Crossing Tornadoes of 2003:
May 4 - Kansas/Missouri F4
May 4 - Kansas/Missouri F4
May4 - Kansas/Missouri F3