Hail, Lyon
- When
- June 4, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.330, -96.200
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 4, 1973
5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Butler
- When
- June 4, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.900, -96.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Butler
- When
- June 4, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Coordinates
- 37.900, -96.700
Hail, Greenwood
- When
- June 4, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Greenwood County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -96.200
Hail, Dickinson
- When
- June 4, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -97.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Dickinson
- When
- June 4, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -97.100
Tornado, Greenwood
- When
- June 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Greenwood County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.9 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 37.700, -95.950
Tornado, Allen
- When
- June 4, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Allen County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 37.850, -95.200
Hail, Lyon
- When
- June 4, 7:14 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.330, -96.200
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.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 4, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 4, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 4, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 4, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 4, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 4, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 4, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 4, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 4, 1973
More
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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: 10023600, 10023601, 10023602, 10023603, 10023604, 10023605, 10023606, 10023607, 10023608.