Hail, Washington
- When
- August 11, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.980, -97.000
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 11, 1973
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wallace
- When
- August 11, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wallace County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.880, -101.730
Hail, Wichita
- When
- August 11, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.480, -101.350
Hail, Doniphan
- When
- August 11, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Doniphan County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -95.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Thomas
- When
- August 11, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County
- Measured
- 87 kt (100 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.130, -100.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Russell
- When
- August 11, 10:09 PM CST
- Where
- Russell County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.870, -98.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Finney
- When
- August 11, 11:21 PM CST
- Where
- Finney County
- Measured
- 72 kt (83 mph)
- Coordinates
- 37.930, -100.730
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, August 11, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 11, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 11, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 11, 1973
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 11, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 11, 1973
- Hail in Indiana, August 11, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 11, 1973
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1973Every state in 1973This day in weather history
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10020238, 10020239, 10020240, 10020241, 10020242, 10020243, 10020244.