Thunderstorm Wind, Sumner
- When
- May 20, 1:15 AM CST
- Where
- Sumner County
- Coordinates
- 36.470, -86.470
Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 20, 1989
11 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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
11 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilson
- When
- May 20, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Wilson County
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -86.300
Hail, Davidson
- When
- May 20, 2:11 AM CST
- Where
- Davidson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -86.820
Hail, Cheatham
- When
- May 20, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Cheatham County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.250, -87.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Rutherford
- When
- May 20, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Rutherford County
- Coordinates
- 35.870, -86.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Davidson
- When
- May 20, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Davidson County
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -86.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Van Buren
- When
- May 20, 3:45 AM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County
- Coordinates
- 35.680, -85.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Williamson
- When
- May 20, 3:45 AM CST
- Where
- Williamson County
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -86.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Coffee
- When
- May 20, 4:20 AM CST
- Where
- Coffee County
- Coordinates
- 35.520, -86.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- May 20, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -85.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- May 20, 7:31 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -89.900
Hail, Shelby
- When
- May 20, 10:45 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -89.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- May 20, 11:05 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -89.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- May 20, 11:35 AM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -89.430
What these are
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 20, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 20, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 20, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 20, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 20, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 20, 1989
- Hail in New Mexico, May 20, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 20, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, May 20, 1989
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1989Every state in 1989This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, May 1989
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: 10119669, 10119670, 10119671, 10119672, 10119673, 10119674, 10119675, 10119676, 10119677, 10119678, 10119679, 10119680, 10119681, 10119682.