Hail, Williamson
- When
- May 20, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson County, Fairview
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.983, -87.117
Spotter reported nickel size hail.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 20, 2001
1 hail, 1 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
- 2
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 forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 20, 1:50 PM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 1:50 PM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 250 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001 CURRENT...AM LOOKING W/ WARY EYE TO SQUALL LINE OVER ERN AR ABOUT TO ENTER WRN TN. LINE HAS HISTORY OF GUSTS TO 40-50KT. HAVE DISCUSSED SITUATION W/ SPC AND WE AGREED THAT LINE MOVING INTO LESS FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT...BUT IF LINE HOLDS TOGETHER INTO MEM AREA AND CUASES SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WOULD PROVE TO BE ITS OWN ANIMAL AND ALL BETS ARE OFF. OTHERWISE...SKIES ARE BECOMING PT CLOUDY W/ TEMPS MOVING UP INTO LOWER 80S MOST LOCALES. FORECAST...MUCH-BALLYHOOED H5 TROF TO BE WX CHANGER BY TUE. IN THE MEANTIME...THE FIRST PIECE OF ENERGY MOVES INTO W TN LATE TONITE W. GOOD PVA W PORTIONS OF CWA...SO AFTER EARLY EVE CHANCES THERE ANOTHER GOOD CHC LATE TONITE...BUT HOW FAR E IS QUESTION. WILL LEAVE LIKLEY POPS AS FAR E AS BNA...BUT IF ETA RIGHT MIGHT NOT GET THAT FAR. AS FAR AS FRONTAL POSN...ETA NOW FASTER THAN PREVIOUS RUNBUT STILL NOT AS FAST AS AVN...WILL TAKE COMPROMISE BETWEEN 2. ETA PILING UP RAIN BEHIND FRONT A LITTLE SUSPECT. OF COURSE AFTER THIS...H5 TROF DEEPENS AND FIXES ON CWA INTO FRI...DOWNRIGHT CHILLY ALMOST WINTER-LIKE PATTERN! AS FHOR TEMPS...FWC NUMBERS TOO WARM 2ND PD ON. BNA TE 68/78/59/63 6882 CSV TE 64/76/61/64 4784 .BNA...NONE. MAG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 20, 2:30 PM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075>080-093>097-211030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 330 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001 AT MID AFTERNOON SUNDAY...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO WEST TENNESSEE. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN AS THEY APPROACH MIDDLE TENNESSEE...BUT A FEW STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...MAINLY WEST OF NASHVILLE. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE WITH SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING WIND SHEAR. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY DAMAGING WINDS...WILL BE MONDAY EVENING AS A STRONG COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACH TENNESSEE. ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS IS A POSSIBILITY THIS EVENING IN WESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. OTHERWISE...THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LATE MONDAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR ANY CHANGES. SH
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:07 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Davidson
- When
- May 20, 6:54 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County, Nashville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.133, -86.833
Davidson county office of emergency management reported trees and a power pole down in South Nashville.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 20, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 20 to 21, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 20, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 20, 2001
- High Wind in Colorado, May 20, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 20, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 20, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 20, 2001
- Flash Flood in Texas, May 20, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 20, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 20, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 20, 2001
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, May 2001
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: 5249456, 5249455.