Hail, Grundy
- When
- May 7, 2:20 PM CST to 2:21 PM CST
- Where
- Grundy County, Altamont
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.430, -85.730
Nickel size hail reported.
Hail in Tennessee, May 7, 1998
9 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
- 9
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sequatchie
- When
- May 7, 2:45 PM CST to 2:46 PM CST
- Where
- Sequatchie County, Cagle
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.470, -85.470
Quarter size hail was reported.
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- May 7, 3:00 PM CST to 3:01 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Flintville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -86.430
Dime size hail reported.
Hail, Franklin
- When
- May 7, 3:05 PM CST to 3:06 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County, Huntland
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.050, -86.270
Dime size hail reported.
Hail, Grundy
- When
- May 7, 3:30 PM CST to 3:31 PM CST
- Where
- Grundy County, Altamont
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.430, -85.730
Dime size hail reported.
Hail, Sequatchie
- When
- May 7, 5:14 PM CST
- Where
- Sequatchie County, Cagle
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.470, -85.470
A lady working in the "Savage Gulf Store" reported dime size hail in Cagle.
Hail, Coffee
- When
- May 7, 5:52 PM CST
- Where
- Coffee County, Hillsboro
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 35.420, -85.980
Quarter size hail reported.
Hail, Coffee
- When
- May 7, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Coffee County, Tullahoma
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -86.230
Radio station WDFZ reported nickel size hail in Tullahoma.
Hail, Sequatchie
- When
- May 7, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sequatchie County, Cagle
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.470, -85.470
A lady reported golf ball 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, May 7 to 8, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, May 7, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, May 7, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 7, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Ohio, May 7, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, May 7 to 8, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, May 7, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Virginia, May 7, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 7, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in South Carolina, May 7, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 7, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, May 7, 1998
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, May 1998
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: 5644637, 5644645, 5644638, 5644639, 5644640, 5644644, 5644642, 5644641, 5644643.