Hail, Rutherford
- When
- March 23, 12:35 PM CST
- Where
- Rutherford County, La Vergne
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.017, -86.583
Quarter size hail reported by trained spotter.
Hail in Tennessee, March 23, 2005
1 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
- 1
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 Mar 23, 9:20 AM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 9:20 AM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 920 AM CST WED MAR 23 2005 .DISCUSSION... WILL UPDATE ZFP FOR TAKE INTO ACCOUNT POSSIBILITY OF A FEW STORMS TODAY WITH LARGE HAIL (PER LATEST SPC DAY 1 OUTLOOK). 12Z OHX WET-BULB ZERO WAS 7502 FT, WHICH INDICATES A STRONG POSSIBILITY FOR HAIL (SOME OF WHICH COULD BE LARGE). WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A NUMBER OF PLACES GET HAIL SHOWERS TODAY (OF PEA SIZE). HOWEVER, EXPECT THE CHANCE FOR LARGE HAIL (3/4 INCH OR LARGER) TO REMAIN SLIGHT (AS INDICATED BY SPC). && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 19
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 23, 9:20 AM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 920 AM CST WED MAR 23 2005 TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-232200- BEDFORD-BENTON-CANNON-CHEATHAM-CLAY-COFFEE-CUMBERLAND-DAVIDSON- DEKALB-DICKSON-FENTRESS-GILES-GRUNDY-HICKMAN-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS- JACKSON-LAWRENCE-LEWIS-MACON-MARSHALL-MAURY-MONTGOMERY-OVERTON-PERRY- PICKETT-PUTNAM-ROBERTSON-RUTHERFORD-SMITH-STEWART-SUMNER-TROUSDALE- VAN BUREN-WARREN-WAYNE-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON- 920 AM CST WED MAR 23 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING ALONG THE POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...MAINLY OVER NORTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...AROUND CELINA... JAMESTOWN...COOKEVILLE...CROSSVILLE...AND SPARTA. SOME AREAS... FURTHER WEST...AROUND NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MURFREESBORO AND SPRINGFIELD MAY ALSO SEE A FEW STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL TROUGHS ROTATE ACROSS THE AREA. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE DEEP SOUTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THIS SYSTEM MAY TRIGGER A FEW SEVERE STORMS...MAINLY IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SEVERE WEATHER TODAY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ISOLATED. THEREFORE... ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS MAY BE NEEDED ON EITHER SATURDAY OR SUNDAY. 19
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 26 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:36 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hail in California, March 23, 2005
- High Wind in Florida, March 23, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, March 23 to 24, 2005
- Winter Weather in Vermont, March 23 to 24, 2005
- Winter Storm in Montana, March 23, 2005
- Rip Current in Florida, March 23, 2005
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 23 to 24, 2005
- Hail in West Virginia, March 23, 2005
- Hail in North Carolina, March 23, 2005
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in New Jersey, March 23 to 24, 2005
- Debris Flow and Heavy Rain in California, March 23, 2005
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, March 23 to 24, 2005
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, March 2005
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: 5442018.