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 & 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