Tennessee hail map — May 8, 2025
NOAA radar detected hail of an inch or more over 8 Tennessee cities on May 8, 2025. The largest stones — 1.50″, half dollar size — fell over Nashville.
- Cities hit
- 8
- in Tennessee
- Largest stone
- 1.50″
- half dollar size
- Impact rating
- 5/10
- from stone size
Sizes come from NOAA MRMS radar (MESH), which runs about ±0.25″ against ground truth. It is canvass-targeting quality, not claim evidence.
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What people on the ground measured in Tennessee on May 8, 2025
12 reports filed with the National Weather Service — 3 from trained spotters or officials. These are measured stones, not radar estimates, so they are the closest thing to proof that hail actually reached the ground.
- 2.75″ baseball size Broadcast MediaCitico Beach, TN7:35 PM CDTMonroe County
Social media photo of a very large hailstone, estimated to be the size of a baseball. Time is estimated from radar.
- 2.50″ hen egg size Broadcast MediaVonore, TN6:26 PM CDTMonroe County
Tennis ball size hail.
- 2.00″ hen egg size Trained Spotter4 ESE Big Sandy, TN1:23 PM CDTBenton County
Corrects previous hail report from 4 ESE Big Sandy.
- 2.00″ hen egg size Trained Spotter4 ESE Big Sandy, TN2:59 PM CDTBenton County
- 2.00″ hen egg size Public1 W Franklin, TN3:28 PM CDTWilliamson County
2 inch hail on HWY 96 in Franklin, TN. Reported via social media.
- 2.00″ hen egg size Broadcast MediaTalassee, TN6:25 PM CDTBlount County
Photo of a large hail stone estimated to be 2 inches in diameter, via a social media post. Time is estimated from radar.
- 2.00″ hen egg size PublicDel Rio, TN7:45 PM CDTCocke County
Social media photo of very large hailstones, estimated to be 2 inches in diameter. Time is estimated from radar.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Public3 SSW Mifflin, TN2:05 PM CDTChester County
Needmore Rd and Highway 200.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Public3 S Slick Rock, TN3:45 PM CDTScott County
Mix of Quarter Size 1.0 inch to Golf Ball 1.75 inch diameter hail that caused minor damage to vehicles.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Trained Spotter2 NE Madisonville, TN6:15 PM CDTMonroe County
Golf ball size hail.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Public2 E Vonore, TN6:19 PM CDTMonroe County
Golf ball size hail.
- 1.75″ golf ball size Public2 SE Del Rio, TN7:40 PM CDTCocke County
Showing the 12 largest of 55 hail reports filed that day.
Reports come from the National Weather Service Local Storm Report feed, ingested every 15 minutes. A report records where the observer was, not the full extent of the swath — treat it as evidence about the storm, not about any one roof.
Other Tennessee hail days
Tennessee hail on May 8, 2025
NOAA radar put hail of an inch or more over 8 Tennessee cities that day. The largest stones — 1.50 inches, half dollar size — were over Nashville. Every city hit is listed above with its own stone size.