Thunderstorm Wind, Decatur
- When
- April 3, 10:17 PM CST to 10:18 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County, Countywide
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.620, -88.100
Several reports of trees down across county.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 3 to 19, 1999
20 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 24
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 Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 144 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:16 UTC.
Event by event
20 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- April 3, 10:24 PM CST to 10:25 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County, South Portion
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -88.080
Sheriff's office reported trees and power lines down along Highway 69.
Thunderstorm Wind, Davidson
- When
- April 5, 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County, Northeast Portion
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.270, -86.700
EMA reported power lines were down.
Hail, Sumner
- When
- April 5, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County, Hendersonville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -86.620
SKYWARN Spotter reported dime size hail.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sumner
- When
- April 5, 11:27 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County, Gallatin
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -86.450
Spotter reported 60 mph wind gust in thunderstorm.
Hail, Sumner
- When
- April 5, 11:27 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County, Gallatin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -86.450
Spotter reported dime size hail.
Hail, Sumner
- When
- April 19, 5:33 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County, 1 mi S of Portland
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.570, -86.520
Spotter reported dime size hail.
Hail, Sumner
- When
- April 19, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County, 1 mi S of Gallatin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.380, -86.450
Spotter reported dime size hail.
Hail, Sumner
- When
- April 19, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Sumner County, 2 mi E of Gallatin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -86.420
Spotter reported dime size hail.
Hail, Smith
- When
- April 19, 6:33 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County, Elmwood
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.230, -85.880
Spotter reported nickel size hail.
Hail, Smith
- When
- April 19, 7:43 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County, Chestnut Mound
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -85.820
Spotter reported nickel size hail.
Hail, Trousdale
- When
- April 19, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Trousdale County, 3 mi N of Hartsville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.430, -86.170
Newspaper account of golf ball size hail.
Hail, Putnam
- When
- April 19, 8:14 PM CST
- Where
- Putnam County, Cookeville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.170, -85.500
Spotter reported nickel size hail.
Hail, Putnam
- When
- April 19, 8:14 PM CST
- Where
- Putnam County, Cookeville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.170, -85.500
Spotter reported nickel to quarter size hail just west of Cookeville.
Hail, Putnam
- When
- April 19, 8:18 PM CST
- Where
- Putnam County, Algood
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -85.430
Spotter reported golf ball size hail.
Hail, Putnam
- When
- April 19, 8:21 PM CST
- Where
- Putnam County, 4 mi E of Cookeville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.170, -85.430
Spotter reported golf ball size hail at Buck Mountain.
Hail, Putnam
- When
- April 19, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Putnam County, Monterey
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -85.270
Spotter reported golf ball size hail.
Hail, Cheatham
- When
- April 19, 9:17 PM CST
- Where
- Cheatham County, Henrietta
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.420, -87.200
Spotter reported walnut size hail.
Hail, Davidson
- When
- April 19, 9:42 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County, 7 mi NW of Nashville
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -86.920
Spotter reported baseball size hail at Whites Creek Pike.
Hail, Davidson
- When
- April 19, 9:55 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County, Donelson
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.170, -86.650
Spotter reported golf ball size hail near Opryland on Briley Parkway.
Hail, Davidson
- When
- April 19, 10:05 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County, Hermitage
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.180, -86.620
Public reported dime size hail in north Hermitage.
Hail, Davidson
- When
- April 19, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County, Madison
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.250, -86.770
Spotter reported quarter size hail.
Hail, Putnam
- When
- April 19, 10:35 PM CST
- Where
- Putnam County, Silver Pt
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.100, -85.720
Spotter reported dime size hail.
Hail, Van Buren
- When
- April 19, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County, Spencer
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -85.470
Spotter reported dime size hail.
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 in Louisiana, April 3, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 1999
- Ice Storm in Nebraska, April 3, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 3, 1999
- Flash Flood in Missouri, April 3, 1999
- Winter Storm in California, April 3 to 4, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, April 3 to 26, 1999
- High Wind in California, April 3, 1999
- Flood and Hail in Illinois, April 3, 1999
- Avalanche in Alaska, April 3, 1999
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, April 1999
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5695913, 5695912, 5695914, 5695915, 5695916, 5695917, 5695997, 5695998, 5695999, 5696000, 5696008, 5696340, 5696001, 5696013, 5696002, 5696003, 5696012, 5696009, 5696004, 5696005, 5696006, 5696007, 5696010, 5696011.