Hail, Davidson
- When
- May 19, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.120, -86.680
Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, May 19, 1973
2 hail, 2 tornado, 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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
2 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sumner
- When
- May 19, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.300, -86.600
Tornado, Sumner
- When
- May 19, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.320, -86.570
Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- May 19, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.6 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -86.520
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 19, 1973
- Tornado in Indiana, May 19, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, May 19, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 19, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 19, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 19, 1973
- Hail in Kentucky, May 19, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Utah, May 19, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Idaho, May 19, 1973
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: 10126502, 10126503, 10126504, 10126505.