Hail, Davidson
- When
- April 23, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -86.680
Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, April 23, 1968
9 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
9 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Wilson
- When
- April 23, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wilson County
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -86.280
Hail, Wilson
- When
- April 23, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wilson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -86.280
Hail, Williamson
- When
- April 23, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -86.900
Tornado, Dekalb
- When
- April 23, 2:58 PM CST
- Where
- Dekalb County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 3 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -85.820
Hail, Anderson
- When
- April 23, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -84.180
Hail, Grainger
- When
- April 23, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Grainger County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -83.580
Hail, Hamilton
- When
- April 23, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -85.180
Hail, Knox
- When
- April 23, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -83.900
Hail, Sullivan
- When
- April 23, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Sullivan County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.580, -82.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Sullivan
- When
- April 23, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Sullivan County
- Coordinates
- 36.580, -82.180
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, April 23, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, April 23, 1968
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Michigan, April 23, 1968
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 23, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 23, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 23, 1968
- Hail in Indiana, April 23, 1968
- Hail in Texas, April 23, 1968
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, April 23, 1968
- Hail in Virginia, April 23, 1968
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10124211, 10124212, 10124213, 10124214, 10124215, 10124216, 10124217, 10124218, 10124219, 10124220, 10124221.