Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, April 3, 2007

Name: Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, April 3, 2007
Start: 2007-04-03T14:40
End: 2007-04-03T21:50
Location: Tennessee

April 3, 2007 · NWS OHX · 41 events in 18 counties and zones

Thunderstorms fired up ahead of a strong cold front on April 3, 2007. There were numerous reports of hail and wind damage.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $183,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 41

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.

Thunderstorms fired up ahead of a strong cold front on April 3, 2007. There were numerous reports of hail and wind damage. One tornado occurred in Cumberland County at 0916 PM CDT. Snow flurries were reported on Good Friday, April 6, and record cold morning low temperatures were common on Easter Sunday morning with readings in the teens and 20s across Middle Tennessee. Nashville Airport had a record low of 23 degrees Easter Sunday morning. A late season hard freeze hit the mid state. Lows temperatures across Middle Tennessee Friday morning were: 18-29 degrees, Saturday morning lows were 13-27 degrees, and Sunday morning lows were from 17-27 degrees. There were numerous damage to the berries, fruit trees, and wheat crops across Middle Tennessee amounting to about $100,000.

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 Apr 3, 2:14 PM CST, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 2:14 PM CST, 26 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
314 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

.DISCUSSION...
STG LOW CENTERED NEAR CHICAGO WITH A COLD FRONT STRETCHING SWWD
TO THE DALLAS AREA. FRONT IS MOVING TOWARD THE ESE AT 30 MPH.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE ARRAYED ALL ALONG THIS FRONT FROM SERN
MISSOURI NEWD. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
LINE OF CONVECTION AS WELL AS THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES.
WHILE THERE WILL BE SCATTERED STORMS OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN FRONT...
WE EXPECT THE ORGANIZED CONVECTION WITH THE FRONT TO ENTER NWRN
COUNTIES AROUND 5 PM...INTO THE NASHVILLE AREA AROUND 7 PM...
AND CROSSVILLE AROUND 11 PM. MOST ACTIVITY SHOULD BE OUT OF THE AREA
BY 4 AM.

A STRONG SHOT OF COLD AIR BEHIND THIS FRONT WITH 850 MB TEMPS
DROPPING TO -10C BY EARLY SAT AM. THIS WILL LIKELY MEAN A
POSSIBILITY OF A FREEZE FOR THU AM THROUGH SUN AM...WITH SUN AM
BEING THE COLDEST MORNING. WILL CONSIDER LATER TONIGHT IF A FREEZE
WATCH/WARNINGS ARE NECESSARY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
NASHVILLE    49  58  32  53 /  80  10  10   0
CLARKSVILLE  43  53  30  51 /  80  10  10   0
CROSSVILLE   47  56  27  49 /  80  10  10   0

&&

.OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

JLM

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 12:05 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED FOR FREEZE POTENTIAL DAYS 2-7
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
105 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-041030-
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-
105 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS OUR REGION TONIGHT. THE
COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE MID STATE AROUND MIDNIGHT. IN
ADVANCE OF THIS COLD FRONT....SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THE
MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT EXISTS FOR THE ENTIRE MID STATE WITH
THE GREATEST POTENTIAL EXISTING ACROSS GENERALLY THE NORTHWEST HALF
OF THE MID STATE.

AS WE GET INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BEGIN TO
QUICKLY DESTABILIZE. BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS WILL
LIKELY BE ON THE INCREASE ACROSS WESTERN TN WITH DEVELOPMENT
BEGINNING ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE.

LOOK FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TO BEGIN ACROSS WESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE AROUND MID TO LATE AFTERNOON WITH THE
THREAT ENDING ACROSS THE PLATEAU JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

MUCH COLDER AIR WILL BE USHERED IN BEHIND THE FRONT WEDNESDAY INTO
THE WEEKEND. A FREEZE IS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTER
WEEKEND. THIS WILL BE QUITE A SHOCK TO VEGETATION AFTER THE
PROLONGED WARM SPELL.

OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DOWN TO NEAR FREEZING WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. ON SATURDAY NIGHT...AS THE ARCTIC
SURFACE HIGH BUILDS IN...A KILLING FREEZE MAY OCCUR AS TEMPERATURES
MAY DROP DOWN INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S BY EASTER MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
ACTIVATION LATER THIS EVENING.

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The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:37 UTC.

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Event by event

25 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Grundy

When: April 3, 2:40 PM CST
Where: Grundy County, Coalmont
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Storm Chaser
Coordinates: 35.330, -85.720

Hail, Grundy

When: April 3, 2:50 PM CST
Where: Grundy County, 6.5 mi SW of Altamont
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.364, -85.811

Tennis ball size hail broke the windshield of a vehicle.

Hail, Grundy

When: April 3, 2:58 PM CST
Where: Grundy County, Altamont
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 35.430, -85.730

Hail, Grundy

When: April 3, 3:00 PM CST
Where: Grundy County, Altamont
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Storm Chaser
Coordinates: 35.430, -85.730

Hail, Cumberland

When: April 3, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Cumberland County, 13 mi SE of Crossville
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.817, -84.866

Hail, Stewart

When: April 3, 6:29 PM CST
Where: Stewart County, Bumpus Mills
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 36.600, -87.820

Sheriff's office reported golf ball size hail.

Hail, Robertson

When: April 3, 7:21 PM CST
Where: Robertson County, 8 mi SE of Springfield
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.418, -86.778

Spotter reported quarter size hail.

Hail, Dickson

When: April 3, 7:22 PM CST
Where: Dickson County, 2 mi NW of Charlotte
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 36.200, -87.355

Thunderstorm Wind, Dickson

When: April 3, 7:23 PM CST
Where: Dickson County, Cumberland Furnace
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $200
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 36.270, -87.370

Trees were blown down on Water Valley and Leach Road in Cumberland Furnace.

Thunderstorm Wind, Dickson

When: April 3, 7:25 PM CST to 7:26 PM CST
Where: Dickson County, Sylvia
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $200
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 36.180, -87.420

Trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Dickson

When: April 3, 7:30 PM CST to 7:35 PM CST
Where: Dickson County, Vanleer to White Bluff
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $25,000
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 36.230, -87.450

Numerous reports of downed trees and power lines across Dickson County, and in some cases blocking roads in the city of Dickson. One tree fell on a house on Pond Road, just west of Sycamore Rd. One tree landed on a vehicle in the city of Dickson. Storms crossed the county from the western part to the eastern part....including the city of Dickson.

Hail, Robertson

When: April 3, 7:30 PM CST
Where: Robertson County, White House
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 36.500, -86.630

Hail, White

When: April 3, 7:42 PM CST
Where: White County, 5 mi S of Sparta
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 35.858, -85.470

The 911 Center reported penny size hail.

Hail, Hickman

When: April 3, 7:50 PM CST
Where: Hickman County, Lyles
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.920, -87.370

Quarter size hail reported by trained spotter.

Thunderstorm Wind, Perry

When: April 3, 7:55 PM CST
Where: Perry County, Linden
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $100
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.620, -87.850

Trees were blown down on U.S. Highway 412 near Linden.

Hail, Davidson

When: April 3, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Davidson County, 2 mi S of Nashville
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.101, -86.830

Nickel size hail at West End section of Nashville.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hickman

When: April 3, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Hickman County, Centerville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $100
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.780, -87.470

Trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hickman

When: April 3, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Hickman County, Centerville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.780, -87.470

A tree was blown down onto the Duck River Apartments.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hickman

When: April 3, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Hickman County, 5 mi SSE of Centerville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $100
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.713, -87.436

A tree was blown down onto Ugly Creek Road.

Hail, Davidson

When: April 3, 8:02 PM CST
Where: Davidson County, Bellevue
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 36.070, -86.930

Thunderstorm Wind, Wilson

When: April 3, 8:05 PM CST
Where: Wilson County, 1 mi NW of Lebanon
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 36.230, -86.313

Tree was blown down on a house located at 320 Mann Rd.

Hail, Williamson

When: April 3, 8:07 PM CST
Where: Williamson County, 5 mi W of Franklin
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.920, -86.989

Thunderstorm Wind, Williamson

When: April 3, 8:07 PM CST
Where: Williamson County, 5 mi W of Franklin
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $100
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.920, -86.989

A tree was down on Hillsboro Road and Waddell Hollow Rd.

Hail, Davidson

When: April 3, 8:10 PM CST
Where: Davidson County, Antioch
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.070, -86.670

Nickel size hail reported.

Tornado, Cumberland

When: April 3, 8:16 PM CST to 8:20 PM CST
Where: Cumberland County, 3 mi NNW of Newton to 5.1 mi NE of Newton
Rating: EF1
Path length: 4.83 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $145,000
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey
Coordinates: 35.840, -85.221

Two barns were destroyed on Wilsons Way. The older barn was built in 1902 and was over 100 years-old. One mobile home shifted off its foundation on Dugger Branch Road. One home had lost part of its roof on Clarence Blaylock Road. Numerous trees were snapped and slight debarking was noted on trees along a path length of four tenths of a mile on Thomas Springs Rd. The tornado destroyed a mobile home on Cherokee Drive. A camper and a barn was destroyed at 626 Thomas Springs Rd. Several oak trees were uprooted as well.

Hail, Cumberland

When: April 3, 8:20 PM CST
Where: Cumberland County, 10 mi SW of Crab Orchard
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 35.798, -85.006

Sheriff's department reported golf ball size hail.

Thunderstorm Wind, Fentress

When: April 3, 8:20 PM CST
Where: Fentress County, Clarkrange
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $100
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey
Coordinates: 36.180, -85.020

Two trees were uprooted in Clarkrange.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wilson

When: April 3, 8:20 PM CST
Where: Wilson County, 3 mi S of Lebanon
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $100
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 36.177, -86.300

Telephone line was down on Stumpy Lane and Murfreesboro Rd.

Hail, Cumberland

When: April 3, 8:20 PM CST
Where: Cumberland County, 5 mi SSE of Crossville
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.883, -84.996

Cocorahs observer reported quarter size hail which damaged the shingles on his roof.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wilson

When: April 3, 8:25 PM CST
Where: Wilson County, 2 mi E of Lebanon
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $500
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 36.220, -86.264

Trees were blown down across 1900 Bluebird Rd.

Hail, Cumberland

When: April 3, 8:25 PM CST
Where: Cumberland County, 7 mi S of Crossville
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 35.849, -85.030

Amateur radio report of golf ball size hail at Lake Tansi area.

Thunderstorm Wind, Maury

When: April 3, 8:25 PM CST
Where: Maury County, 4 mi SW of Columbia
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $500
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.579, -87.100

Trees were blown down on U.S. Highway 43 and Columbia Highway, and also at Johnso Hollow and Sycamore.

Hail, Maury

When: April 3, 8:30 PM CST
Where: Maury County, 6 mi W of Columbia
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.620, -87.157

Spotter reported penny size hail at Tindall lane.

Hail, Rutherford

When: April 3, 8:37 PM CST to 8:38 PM CST
Where: Rutherford County, 8 mi SE of Murfreesboro
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.768, -86.319

Spotter reported penny size hail on Bradyville Rd.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence

When: April 3, 8:40 PM CST to 8:45 PM CST
Where: Lawrence County, Leoma to Liberty Grove
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 35.170, -87.350

Amateur radio report of numerous trees down from Leoma to the Alabama state line in south central Lawrence County.

Hail, Rutherford

When: April 3, 8:45 PM CST
Where: Rutherford County, 10 mi SSE of Murfreesboro
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.716, -86.352

Hail the size of quarters was reported on New Zion Road by the mother of a NWS employee.

Hail, Marshall

When: April 3, 8:50 PM CST
Where: Marshall County, 4 mi W of Lewisburg
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Amateur Radio
Coordinates: 35.450, -86.871

Penny size hail reported near Mooresville Highway and Webb Rd.

Hail, Coffee

When: April 3, 8:58 PM CST
Where: Coffee County, Beech Grove
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.630, -86.250

Hail, Cumberland

When: April 3, 9:25 PM CST
Where: Cumberland County, Lantana
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.870, -85.100

Golf ball size hail reported by Spotter.

Hail, Putnam

When: April 3, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Putnam County, Cookeville
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.170, -85.500

Thunderstorm Wind, Coffee

When: April 3, 9:50 PM CST
Where: Coffee County, Tullahoma
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $100
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 35.370, -86.230

The 911 Dispatch reported a large tree limb was blown down.

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.
Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 15849, 15848, 15850, 15851, 15852, 15854, 15855, 15856, 15857, 15858, 15847, 15886, 15859, 15860, 15861, 15863, 15864, 15887, 15888, 15865, 15866, 15868, 15869, 15870, 15890, 15871, 15872, 15873, 15889, 15874, 15876, 15877, 15878, 15879, 15880, 15881, 15882, 15884, 15875, 15885, and more.