Hail, Rawlins
- When
- June 5, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Rawlins County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.800, -101.050
Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 5, 1974
26 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 30
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
26 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Thomas
- When
- June 5, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -101.050
Hail, Decatur
- When
- June 5, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -100.520
Hail, Sheridan
- When
- June 5, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Sheridan County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -100.430
Hail, Trego
- When
- June 5, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Trego County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -99.800
Tornado, Trego
- When
- June 5, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Trego County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 17.7 mi
- Path width
- 70 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.000, -99.700
Hail, Norton
- When
- June 5, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Norton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.830, -99.880
Hail, Graham
- When
- June 5, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Graham County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.370, -99.850
Hail, Ellis
- When
- June 5, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.980, -99.550
Hail, Phillips
- When
- June 5, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Phillips County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -99.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Phillips
- When
- June 5, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Phillips County
- Measured
- 86 kt (99 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -99.250
Hail, Ness
- When
- June 5, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Ness County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.450, -99.900
Hail, Rooks
- When
- June 5, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rooks County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -99.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- June 5, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -98.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Jewell
- When
- June 5, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jewell County
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -98.220
Hail, Rush
- When
- June 5, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Rush County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.530, -99.300
Hail, Ellsworth
- When
- June 5, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ellsworth County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.730, -98.230
Hail, Pratt
- When
- June 5, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.650, -98.730
Hail, Barber
- When
- June 5, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Barber County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -98.580
Hail, Hodgeman
- When
- June 5, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hodgeman County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.080, -100.230
Hail, Harper
- When
- June 5, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Harper County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -98.020
Hail, Gray
- When
- June 5, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gray County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.800, -100.350
Hail, Ford
- When
- June 5, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.770, -100.050
Hail, Haskell
- When
- June 5, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.680, -100.720
Hail, Kingman
- When
- June 5, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kingman County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.650, -98.120
Hail, Sedgwick
- When
- June 5, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sedgwick County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.670, -97.680
Hail, Sumner
- When
- June 5, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -97.400
Hail, Cowley
- When
- June 5, 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- Cowley County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.250, -96.980
Hail, Meade
- When
- June 5, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -100.330
Hail, Comanche
- When
- June 5, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -99.330
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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
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: 10022282, 10022283, 10022284, 10022285, 10022286, 10022287, 10022288, 10022289, 10022290, 10022291, 10022292, 10022293, 10022294, 10022295, 10022296, 10022297, 10022298, 10022299, 10022300, 10022301, 10022302, 10022303, 10022304, 10022305, 10022306, 10022307, 10022308, 10022309, 10022310, 10022311.