Hail in Nashville on Monday, May 6, 2024
The Storm Prediction Center logged 12 hail reports in Nashville on Monday, May 6, 2024, between 2:52 pm and 4:48 pm CDT, in 4 of the metro's 7 counties. The largest was 2.00 inches at 9 NNW Bell Buckle (Rutherford County) at 4:48 pm. NOAA radar flagged 1,341 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 186 rated a 100% chance of hail and 242 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 5 places in Maury, Rutherford, Williamson and Wilson counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- College Grove 4 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Lebanon 3 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Bell Buckle 2 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Fairview 2 reports, up to 1.75 in
- Williamsport 1 report, up to 1.75 in
Every hail report logged that day
Times are Central Daylight Time. Sizes are in inches, as reported. The comment is the National Weather Service's text as published in the Storm Prediction Center's daily log.
| Time | Size | Place | County | NWS comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:52 pm | 1.00 | 1 SSE Lebanon | Wilson | (OHX) |
| 2:55 pm | 1.00 | Lebanon | Wilson | (OHX) |
| 2:57 pm | 1.25 | 4 E Lebanon | Wilson | From social media. (OHX) |
| 3:03 pm | 1.00 | 3 SSW Fairview | Williamson | Social media report. (OHX) |
| 3:18 pm | 1.75 | 9 SE Fairview | Williamson | Social media report. (OHX) |
| 3:56 pm | 1.50 | 6 W College Grove | Williamson | mPing report of half dollar hail. (OHX) |
| 4:01 pm | 1.50 | 6 WNW College Grove | Williamson | (OHX) |
| 4:02 pm | 1.25 | 6 W College Grove | Williamson | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (OHX) |
| 4:04 pm | 1.75 | 3 SE Williamsport | Maury | Social media picture. (OHX) |
| 4:09 pm | 2.00 | College Grove | Williamson | Social media report. (OHX) |
| 4:48 pm | 2.00 | 9 NNW Bell Buckle | Rutherford | Social media picture. (OHX) |
| 4:48 pm | 1.50 | 9 NNW Bell Buckle | Rutherford | (OHX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
1,341 signatures from 8 radars fell inside the metro's counties on this local date, counting every cell the algorithm rated from a 10% to a 100% chance of hail; 186 were rated 100% and 38 had a maximum expected size of 2 inches or more.
| Radar | Signatures | Rated 100% | 1 in or more | 2 in or more | Largest expected | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KBNA | 415 | 21 | 67 | 4 | 2.50 in | 3:13 am | 7:50 pm |
| KHTX | 290 | 51 | 57 | 10 | 2.75 in | 1:23 am | 8:25 pm |
| KLVX | 172 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 2.00 in | 4:26 am | 8:22 pm |
| KHPX | 147 | 40 | 37 | 7 | 2.75 in | 1:26 am | 7:41 pm |
| KOHX | 132 | 36 | 47 | 11 | 3.00 in | 1:26 am | 7:36 pm |
| KPAH | 129 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 2.75 in | 1:32 am | 8:21 pm |
| KVWX | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 in | 3:56 am | 10:53 pm |
| KGWX | 25 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2.25 in | 1:21 am | 4:16 pm |
Each radar that scans a storm writes its own signature about every 4 to 6 minutes, so one storm produces many rows and overlapping radars count it more than once. The raw rows for this day are in NOAA's Severe Weather Data Inventory.
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