Hail in Nashville on Tuesday, May 20, 2025
The Storm Prediction Center logged 36 hail reports in Nashville on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, between 4:14 pm and 6:15 pm CDT, in 4 of the metro's 7 counties. The largest was 3.00 inches at 7 SSE Franklin (Williamson County) at 4:42 pm. NOAA radar flagged 794 hail signatures inside the metro that day: 181 rated a 100% chance of hail and 160 with a maximum expected size of 1 inch or more.
Where hail was reported
Reports came from 9 places in Maury, Robertson, Rutherford and Williamson counties, named as the National Weather Service described them.
- Franklin 16 reports, up to 3.00 in
- Columbia 6 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Spring Hill 6 reports, up to 2.50 in
- Fairview 2 reports, up to 2.00 in
- Murfreesboro 2 reports, up to 1.50 in
- Coopertown 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Eagleville 1 report, up to 1.75 in
- Mount Pleasant 1 report, up to 1.00 in
- Santa Fe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:14 pm | 1.75 | 5 SSW Fairview | Williamson | Estimated golf ball size hail in Primm Springs. Time estimated from radar. (OHX) |
| 4:20 pm | 2.00 | 9 SE Fairview | Williamson | Estimated 2 inch hail in Leipers Fork. Time estimated from radar. (OHX) |
| 4:21 pm | 1.75 | 7 NNE Santa Fe | Williamson | Golf ball size hail off Natchez Trace and Bending Chestnut. Time estimated from radar. (OHX) |
| 4:34 pm | 1.50 | 5 NE Spring Hill | Williamson | Estimated from picture received at Pratt Road in Thompsons Station. (OHX) |
| 4:34 pm | 1.00 | 4 NNE Spring Hill | Williamson | Estimated 1 inch hail at Thompson Station Road and Columbia Pike. Time estimated from radar. (OHX) |
| 4:34 pm | 2.50 | 6 NNE Spring Hill | Williamson | Estimated tennis ball size hail in Thompsons Station near I-840. Time estimated from radar. (OHX) |
| 4:36 pm | 1.00 | 4 N Spring Hill | Williamson | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OHX) |
| 4:36 pm | 2.75 | 6 SW Franklin | Williamson | Estimated baseball size hail near Franklin. Time estimated from radar. (OHX) |
| 4:37 pm | 1.75 | 6 NE Spring Hill | Williamson | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (OHX) |
| 4:38 pm | 3.00 | 6 SSW Franklin | Williamson | Photo received of very large hail on Keystone Drive south of Franklin. Time estimated from radar. (OHX) |
| 4:38 pm | 1.75 | 3 SW Franklin | Williamson | Up to golf ball size hail reported at the Public Safety Center in Franklin. Time estimated from radar. (OHX) |
| 4:40 pm | 1.00 | 5 S Franklin | Williamson | Quarter size hail on Goose Creek and Lewisburg Pike near Franklin. Time estimated from radar. (OHX) |
| 4:40 pm | 1.75 | 3 S Franklin | Williamson | Estimated golf ball size hail in Sullivan Farms. Time estimated from radar. (OHX) |
| 4:40 pm | 1.75 | 2 S Franklin | Williamson | Estimated golf ball size hail near Mack Hatcher and Lewisburg Pike near Franklin. Time estimated from radar. (OHX) |
| 4:41 pm | 1.00 | 3 SSW Mount Pleasant | Maury | Quarter size hail at Jackson Street in Mount Pleasant. Time estimated from radar. (OHX) |
| 4:41 pm | 1.25 | 3 SSW Franklin | Williamson | Quarter to half dollar size hail reported along Heathersett Drive in Dallas Downs. (OHX) |
| 4:42 pm | 3.00 | 7 SSE Franklin | Williamson | Measured 3 inch hail in Franklin. Time estimated from radar. (OHX) |
| 4:42 pm | 1.00 | 1 SSE Franklin | Williamson | Estimated quarter size hail on Oak Meadow Drive in Franklin. Time estimated from radar. (OHX) |
| 4:42 pm | 2.00 | 1 S Franklin | Williamson | Measured two inch hail in Maplewood subdivision in Franklin. Time estimated from radar. (OHX) |
| 4:43 pm | 1.00 | 1 SE Franklin | Williamson | (OHX) |
| 4:45 pm | 1.00 | 2 SE Franklin | Williamson | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OHX) |
| 4:46 pm | 1.50 | 3 SE Franklin | Williamson | Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (OHX) |
| 4:46 pm | 1.00 | 4 E Franklin | Williamson | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OHX) |
| 4:48 pm | 1.75 | 4 E Franklin | Williamson | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (OHX) |
| 4:49 pm | 1.50 | 7 N Spring Hill | Williamson | Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (OHX) |
| 4:49 pm | 2.00 | 3 S Franklin | Williamson | Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.). (OHX) |
| 4:55 pm | 1.50 | 2 S Columbia | Maury | Ping pong size hail reported at S James Campbell Blvd and Brooksmeade in Columbia. (OHX) |
| 4:55 pm | 1.00 | 2 WSW Columbia | Maury | Quarter size hail reported at Maury County EOC. Time estimated from radar. (OHX) |
| 4:56 pm | 1.25 | 2 SSE Columbia | Maury | Hail a little bigger than quarters reported in Columbia. Time estimated from radar. (OHX) |
| 4:59 pm | 1.50 | 1 SE Columbia | Maury | Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (OHX) |
| 5:02 pm | 1.25 | 3 ESE Columbia | Maury | At the Maury County office of emergency management. (OHX) |
| 5:02 pm | 2.00 | 5 E Columbia | Maury | Measured 2 inch hail on Tom Osborne Road near Boyd Butler Road. Time estimated from radar. (OHX) |
| 5:41 pm | 1.00 | 3 SW Coopertown | Robertson | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OHX) |
| 5:49 pm | 1.75 | 7 E Eagleville | Rutherford | Estimated golf ball size hail near Christiana. Time estimated. (OHX) |
| 6:06 pm | 1.50 | 9 S Murfreesboro | Rutherford | Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (OHX) |
| 6:15 pm | 1.50 | 8 SE Murfreesboro | Rutherford | Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (OHX) |
What NEXRAD radar recorded inside the metro
794 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; 181 were rated 100% and 58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KHTX | 271 | 58 | 52 | 21 | 3.75 in | 8:46 am | 7:52 pm |
| KPAH | 177 | 36 | 30 | 10 | 4.00 in | 8:43 am | 7:39 pm |
| KOHX | 127 | 43 | 36 | 14 | 3.75 in | 8:58 am | 7:44 pm |
| KHPX | 120 | 34 | 31 | 12 | 4.00 in | 9:37 am | 7:48 pm |
| KLVX | 52 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.75 in | 8:40 am | 7:14 pm |
| KVWX | 34 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1.00 in | 8:40 am | 8:58 pm |
| KGWX | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2.00 in | 11:04 am | 7:35 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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