Hail in Nashville on Thursday, May 8, 2025
The Storm Prediction Center logged 9 hail reports in Nashville on Thursday, May 8, 2025, between 3:18 pm and 4:44 pm CDT, in 3 of the metro's 7 counties. The largest was 2.00 inches at 1 W Franklin (Williamson County) at 3:28 pm. NOAA radar flagged 776 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 150 rated a 100% chance of hail and 173 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 4 places in Davidson, Williamson and Wilson counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Inglewood 4 reports, up to 1.00 in
- Franklin 3 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Brentwood 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Watertown 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:18 pm | 1.00 | 4 SW Franklin | Williamson | HAM radio operator reports quarter sized hail on Old Hillsboro Rd near Leipers Fork. Time estimated. (OHX) |
| 3:28 pm | 2.00 | 1 W Franklin | Williamson | 2 inch hail on HWY 96 in Franklin... TN. Reported via social media. (OHX) |
| 3:30 pm | 1.00 | Franklin | Williamson | Quarter sized hail in Fieldstone Farms... Franklin TN. Social media report. (OHX) |
| 3:40 pm | 1.00 | Brentwood | Williamson | Facebook report of quarter hail at Wilson Pk and Concord Rd. (OHX) |
| 3:55 pm | 1.00 | 1 WSW Inglewood | Davidson | Half inch to one inch hail at Ellington Parkway and Trinity Ln. (OHX) |
| 3:56 pm | 1.00 | 1 SW Inglewood | Davidson | Up to one inch hail on Cahal Ave. (OHX) |
| 3:57 pm | 1.00 | Inglewood | Davidson | Quarter sized hail in Inglewood TN. (OHX) |
| 4:03 pm | 1.00 | 2 E Inglewood | Davidson | Tspotter report shows 1 inch hail near McGavock Pike and Briley Parkway. (OHX) |
| 4:44 pm | 1.25 | 1 SSE Watertown | Wilson | Public reported quarter to half dollar size hail on Fite Rd. (OHX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
776 signatures from 7 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; 150 were rated 100% and 25 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 | 255 | 16 | 34 | 2 | 2.00 in | 1:19 pm | 6:26 pm |
| KHTX | 201 | 52 | 54 | 12 | 2.75 in | 12:37 pm | 6:15 pm |
| KHPX | 109 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 2.00 in | 1:15 pm | 6:13 pm |
| KPAH | 103 | 27 | 22 | 4 | 2.25 in | 12:20 pm | 7:33 pm |
| KOHX | 93 | 20 | 28 | 6 | 3.00 in | 12:46 pm | 6:20 pm |
| KGWX | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1.75 in | 3:20 pm | 5:31 pm |
| KVWX | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 in | 12:41 pm | 1:34 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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