Hail, Chase
- When
- May 30, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Chase County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.270, -96.450
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 30, 1974
10 hail, 4 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
10 hail, 4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Chase
- When
- May 30, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Chase County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.7 mi
- Path width
- 167 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 38.130, -96.570
Tornado, Butler
- When
- May 30, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 167 yd
- Coordinates
- 38.080, -96.500
Hail, Greenwood
- When
- May 30, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Greenwood County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.030, -96.430
Tornado, Greenwood
- When
- May 30, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Greenwood County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 20.4 mi
- Path width
- 167 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 38.070, -96.480
Hail, Shawnee
- When
- May 30, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.070, -95.620
Hail, Greenwood
- When
- May 30, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Greenwood County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.900, -96.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- May 30, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -95.380
Hail, Sumner
- When
- May 30, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.170, -97.400
Hail, Cowley
- When
- May 30, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cowley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.280, -97.170
Hail, Cowley
- When
- May 30, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Cowley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.350, -97.020
Tornado, Sumner
- When
- May 30, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 37.250, -97.150
Hail, Cowley
- When
- May 30, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cowley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 37.430, -96.770
Hail, Douglas
- When
- May 30, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -95.400
Hail, Leavenworth
- When
- May 30, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -95.120
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 30, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 30, 1974
- Tornado in Minnesota, May 30, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 30, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 30, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 30, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 30, 1974
- Hail in Florida, May 30, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 30, 1974
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 30, 1974
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: 10023678, 10023679, 10023680, 10023681, 10023682, 10023683, 10023684, 10023685, 10023686, 10023687, 10023688, 10023689, 10023690, 10021176, 10021177.