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Tennessee storm reports for May 20, 2025

NOAA recorded 47 hail reports, 59 wind reports and 8 tornado reports in Tennessee on May 20, 2025.

in Tennessee
114
Storm reports
About 23 miles from Nashville, TN
3.0 in
Largest hail
About 32 miles from Clarksville, TN
85 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 26 miles from Knoxville, TN
8
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

  • Wind report
  • Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 20, 2025 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

Reports by hour

Hail47, most at 4 PM

Wind59, most at 4 PM

Tornado8, most at 5 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
1:20 PMEF0About 45 miles from Nashville, TN1.42 mi long, 300 yd wide
1:58 PMEF1About 26 miles from Knoxville, TN0.49 mi long, 100 yd wide
3:15 PMEF0Near 35.59, -88.94, TN1.29 mi long, 75 yd wide
3:59 PMEF0About 59 miles from Nashville, TN2.67 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:08 PMEF0About 10 miles from Clarksville, TN9.34 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:25 PMEF0About 6 miles from Clarksville, TN3.2 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:47 PMEF0About 54 miles from Nashville, TN1.13 mi long, 150 yd wide
7:29 PMEF1About 51 miles from Chattanooga, TN4.79 mi long, 150 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Clarksville, TNNoneNone2
Knoxville, TNNone72 mph0
Memphis, TNNone58 mph0
Nashville, TNNone70 mph0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.