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Nashville hail season 1998

24 NWS-recorded hail reports ≥1″ within 35 miles, across 7 storm days, max 2.75". Every one of those reports is a dated, located, citable official record — the context behind this market's 1998 claim volume.

Biggest storm days (1998, final record)

“Ham radio operator reported golf ball size hail. However, a newspaper article reported hail the size of baseballs damaged 35 to 50 homes.”

— NWS event narrative, April 16, 1998 (NCEI Storm Events)

When it fell

Apr 19 · May 2 · Jun 3

Wind context: the record also holds 59 thunderstorm-wind events ≥50 kt (≈58 mph, the NWS severe criterion) in this radius for 1998 — relevant where the dispute is wind vs hail causation.

Working a Nashville claim from 1998?

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Provenance

Final counts: NCEI Storm Events Database, file vintage c20260527, hail events with recorded magnitude ≥1.00″ and point coordinates within 35 miles of the Nashville anchor. NWS records are point and path observations. The absence of a nearby report does NOT prove that no hail fell at this address — it means no observation was logged nearby. A report of nearby hail documents the event; it does not by itself prove damage to a specific structure. Spotted an error? Email the address on our terms page and we correct against the source.