Hail, Smith
- When
- May 17, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -98.780
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 17, 1974
6 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $253,000
- 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
6 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Osborne
- When
- May 17, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Osborne County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -98.700
Tornado, Jewell
- When
- May 17, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jewell County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 16.8 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.680, -98.370
Hail, Jewell
- When
- May 17, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jewell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.670, -98.350
Hail, Jewell
- When
- May 17, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jewell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.930, -98.030
Hail, Jewell
- When
- May 17, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jewell County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.630, -98.050
Tornado, Mitchell
- When
- May 17, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 3.3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -98.030
Hail, Washington
- When
- May 17, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -97.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Seward
- When
- May 17, 11:45 PM CST
- Where
- Seward County
- Coordinates
- 37.030, -100.930
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
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 17, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 17, 1974
- Hail in Iowa, May 17, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 17, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, May 17, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 17, 1974
- Damaging Winds in New York, May 17, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 17, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 17, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 17, 1974
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, May 17, 1974
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1974Every state in 1974This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 1974
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: 10022510, 10022511, 10022512, 10022513, 10022514, 10022515, 10022516, 10022517, 10022518.