Hail in Nashville on Thursday, April 3, 2025
The Storm Prediction Center logged 18 hail reports in Nashville on Thursday, April 3, 2025, between 2:33 am and 4:42 pm CDT, in 4 of the metro's 7 counties. The largest was 3.00 inches at Santa Fe (Maury County) at 3:30 pm. NOAA radar flagged 1,696 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 224 rated a 100% chance of hail and 355 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 8 places in Davidson, Maury, Williamson and Wilson counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Santa Fe 5 reports, up to 3.00 in
- Franklin 3 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Mount Juliet 3 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Brentwood 2 reports, up to 1.25 in
- Fairview 2 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Belle Meade 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Forest Hills 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Williamsport 1 report, up to 1.25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:33 am | 2.50 | 5 SW Fairview | Williamson | Pinewood Road and Hwy 100. Time estimated from radar. (OHX) |
| 3:19 am | 1.00 | 2 S Mount Juliet | Wilson | Corrects previous hail report from 2 S Mount Juliet. Time estimated from radar. (OHX) |
| 3:24 am | 1.25 | 2 ENE Mount Juliet | Wilson | (OHX) |
| 3:44 am | 1.00 | 7 WSW Forest Hills | Williamson | Quarter size hail reported at Temple Hills. Time estimated by radar. (OHX) |
| 3:46 am | 1.00 | 4 WSW Belle Meade | Davidson | Tspotter report of quarter size hail near Kroger on Highway 70. Time radar estimated. (OHX) |
| 4:18 am | 1.00 | 3 SW Mount Juliet | Wilson | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OHX) |
| 4:28 am | 1.25 | 5 W Franklin | Williamson | Tspotter report of half dollar size hail at West Haven. Time estimated by radar. (OHX) |
| 4:30 am | 1.25 | Brentwood | Williamson | Hafl dollar sized hail in Brentwood from TSpotter. Time estimated. (OHX) |
| 4:34 am | 1.25 | 4 NW Franklin | Williamson | Report from mPING: Half Dollar (1.25 in.). (OHX) |
| 4:40 am | 1.00 | 2 NW Brentwood | Williamson | Quarter size hail reported in Brentwood by public. Ongoing at the time of the report. (OHX) |
| 7:45 am | 1.50 | 5 SSW Fairview | Williamson | South Harpeth Rd between Pinewood Rd and I-840 closed because of high water. (OHX) |
| 3:30 pm | 1.25 | Williamsport | Maury | (OHX) |
| 3:30 pm | 3.00 | Santa Fe | Maury | Water Valley Rd and Highway 7 near Santa Fe. (OHX) |
| 3:30 pm | 3.00 | 4 W Santa Fe | Maury | Picture of larger than tea cup size hail. Time estimated from radar. (This is the earlier storm.). (OHX) |
| 3:35 pm | 1.50 | 2 NNW Santa Fe | Maury | Report of hail at Hilltown Rd and Fly Road. (OHX) |
| 3:36 pm | 1.50 | 6 NE Santa Fe | Maury | Theta... TN Chestnut Ridge Rd. Time estimated via radar/. (OHX) |
| 4:00 pm | 1.25 | 2 WSW Franklin | Williamson | Time estimated via radar. (OHX) |
| 4:42 pm | 1.25 | 4 NE Santa Fe | Maury | Several reports of quarter to half dollar size hail. Time and location estimated via radar. (OHX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
1,696 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; 224 were rated 100% and 41 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 | 490 | 30 | 70 | 7 | 2.25 in | 12:11 am | 7:43 pm |
| KHTX | 349 | 54 | 103 | 13 | 4.00 in | 12:25 am | 7:44 pm |
| KPAH | 230 | 47 | 50 | 6 | 4.00 in | 12:10 am | 7:14 pm |
| KOHX | 180 | 27 | 55 | 8 | 4.00 in | 12:20 am | 7:37 pm |
| KHPX | 177 | 30 | 34 | 4 | 4.00 in | 12:08 am | 7:47 pm |
| KLVX | 144 | 23 | 25 | 0 | 1.50 in | 12:18 am | 7:14 pm |
| KVWX | 98 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1.25 in | 12:23 am | 4:57 pm |
| KGWX | 28 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 4.00 in | 4:47 am | 6:58 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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