Hail, Madison
- When
- May 10, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.680, -88.820
Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, May 10, 1973
7 hail, 3 tornado, 2 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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
7 hail, 3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Davidson
- When
- May 10, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.250, -86.670
Hail, Davidson
- When
- May 10, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.030, -86.680
Tornado, Putnam
- When
- May 10, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Putnam County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -85.300
Hail, Obion
- When
- May 10, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Obion County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -89.000
Hail, Lake
- When
- May 10, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -89.500
Hail,
- When
- May 10, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.870, -84.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Campbell
- When
- May 10, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Campbell County
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -84.200
Hail, Carroll
- When
- May 10, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -88.430
Tornado, Grainger
- When
- May 10, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Grainger County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.350, -83.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Blount
- When
- May 10, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Blount County
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -84.000
Hail, Madison
- When
- May 10, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -88.920
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
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1973Every state in 1973This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Tennessee, 1973
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: 10126487, 10126488, 10126489, 10126490, 10126491, 10126492, 10126493, 10126494, 10126495, 10126496, 10126497, 10126498.