Hail, Smith
- When
- April 25, 8:54 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County, Carthage
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 36.250, -85.930
Hail in Tennessee, April 25, 2015
A line of showers and thunderstorms spread southward from Kentucky but weakened as it moved into Middle Tennessee during the evening hours on April 25. One report of hail was received.
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 happened
The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
A line of showers and thunderstorms spread southward from Kentucky but weakened as it moved into Middle Tennessee during the evening hours on April 25. One report of hail was received.
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 25, 5:35 PM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 5:35 PM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 635 PM CDT SAT APR 25 2015 .AVIATION... GUSTY WEST-SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL TAPER THIS EVENING...BUT EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO GRADUALLY DEGRADE TO MVFR-IFR AS CONVECTION REMNANTS ACROSS SOUTHERN KY MOVE THROUGH THE MID-STATE IN THE 00Z TO 06Z TIME FRAME. MVFR-IFR CIGS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY LIFT IN THE MORNING WITH VFR CONDITIONS AFTER 18Z. && .OHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 05
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 6:37 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 737 PM CDT SAT APR 25 2015 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-261400- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-HOUSTON- HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH- JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON- MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD- COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES- 737 PM CDT SAT APR 25 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR NORTHERN MIDDLE LATE THIS EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 24...NEAREST THE KENTUCKY STATE LINE BETWEEN 9PM AND MIDNIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED. SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA... TORNADO FUNNEL CLOUD FLOODING HAIL >= 1 INCH WINDS > 60 MPH (MEASURED) STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN 27/AL
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:55 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
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, April 25, 2015
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, April 25, 2015
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, April 25, 2015
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 25, 2015
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 25, 2015
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 25, 2015
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 25, 2015
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, April 25, 2015
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 25, 2015
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 25, 2015
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 25, 2015
- Damaging Winds in Florida, April 25, 2015
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, April 2015
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: 567289.