Hail, Cannon
- When
- April 19, 2:48 PM CST
- Where
- Cannon County, Woodbury
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.830, -86.080
Hail in Tennessee, April 19, 1997
Sheriff's office reported nickel size hail.
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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Sheriff's office reported nickel size hail.
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:48 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Warren
- When
- April 19, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County, Centertown
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.720, -85.920
Sheriff's office reported dime size hail.
Hail, Rutherford
- When
- April 19, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Rutherford County, 12 mi SE of Murfreesboro
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.730, -86.270
Nickel size hail covered the ground.
Hail, Sequatchie
- When
- April 19, 4:18 PM CST
- Where
- Sequatchie County, Dunlap
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -85.380
SKYWARN Spotter reported dime size hail covering the ground.
Hail, Sequatchie
- When
- April 19, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Sequatchie County, Dunlap
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -85.380
Quarter size hail was reported.
Hail, Lawrence
- When
- April 19, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County, Ethridge
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.320, -87.320
SKYWARN Spotter reported nickel size hail.
What these are
- 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
- Flood in North Dakota, April 19 to 25, 1997
- Flood in Minnesota, April 19 to 25, 1997
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in Massachusetts, April 19, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, April 19, 1997
- Hail in Missouri, April 19, 1997
- Hail in Missouri, April 19, 1997
- Tornado in Kansas, April 19, 1997
- High Wind in Nevada, April 19, 1997
- Hail in Tennessee, April 19, 1997
- High Wind in Oregon, April 19 to 20, 1997
- Waterspout in U.S. Virgin Islands, April 19, 1997
- Hail in Georgia, April 19, 1997
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: 5593135, 5593136, 5593137, 5593138, 5593139, 5593140.