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Nashville hail season 2018
13 NWS-recorded hail reports ≥1″ within 35 miles, across 7 storm days, max 1.00". Every one of those reports is a dated, located, citable official record — the context behind this market's 2018 claim volume.
Biggest storm days (2018, final record)
| Date | ≥1″ reports | Max hail | Areas named in the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2018 | 5 | 1.00" | DAVIDSON, ROBERTSON |
| June 15, 2018 | 3 | 1.00" | DAVIDSON, ROBERTSON |
| June 27, 2018 | 1 | 1.00" | MONTGOMERY |
| June 17, 2018 | 1 | 1.00" | WILLIAMSON |
| June 16, 2018 | 1 | 1.00" | DAVIDSON |
“A trained spotter in West Springfield reported pea to dime size hail fell for 10 minutes starting at 5:18 PM CDT, then hail up to quarter size fell for another 10 minutes along with very heavy rain and high winds.”
— NWS event narrative, May 20, 2018 (NCEI Storm Events)
When it fell
Apr 1 · May 5 · Jun 7
Wind context: the record also holds 81 thunderstorm-wind events ≥50 kt (≈58 mph, the NWS severe criterion) in this radius for 2018 — relevant where the dispute is wind vs hail causation.
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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.