Hail, Lawrence
- When
- April 30, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -87.580
Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, April 30, 1985
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- $250
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- April 30, 3:44 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.050, -89.980
Hail, Shelby
- When
- April 30, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -89.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- April 30, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -89.820
Hail, Dickson
- When
- April 30, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Dickson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -87.380
Tornado, Haywood
- When
- April 30, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Haywood County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -89.450
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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 Oklahoma, April 30, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 30, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 30, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, April 30, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, April 30, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 30, 1985
- Hail in Kansas, April 30, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 30, 1985
- Hail in Kentucky, April 30, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, April 30, 1985
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1985Every state in 1985This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Tennessee, 1985
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: 10123365, 10123366, 10123367, 10123368, 10123369, 10123370.