September 25th 1973 was a day filled with severe weather in central Kansas.

Multiple families of tornadoes, among them one violent F4 and three strong F3s, roared from around Lindsborg, through Salina, to 7 miles northeast of Beatrice Nebraska.

The combined length of all the tornado tracks was around 150 miles.

The tornadoes caused around $6 million damage, killed one person and injured 46. Towns that were hit particularly hard were Salina, Bennington, New Cambria, Niles, Clay Center and Linn.

In addition to the tornadoes, flooding was a problem in the days that followed.