Following is Weather History for Friday, September 25, 2020, from the National Weather Service in Wichita.
In 1973, 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, Neb.
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, Linn, and Niles.