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Nashville storms: live alerts, hail & tornado history

Live watches and warnings for Nashville, TN, the 48-hour thunderstorm outlook, and every hail, damaging-wind and tornado report within 25 miles since 2016.

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    Severe weather in Nashville by the numbers

    18.9severe-weather days a year (avg 2016–2025)
    7.1hail days a year
    47storm reports in the last 12 months
    3.00″biggest hail since 2016 (May 20, 2025)
    29tornado reports since 2016 · strongest EF3

    Nashville sits in one of the most active severe-weather areas in the country: since 2016, spotters and emergency managers have filed 1,311 severe-weather reports within 25 miles of the city — 244 hail reports, 1,038 damaging-wind reports and 29 tornado reports. On average that is 18.9 days a year with at least one report.

    Storm season here peaks in May, June, July, when 53% of all reports were filed.

    In the last 12 months there were 3 hail reports, 43 wind reports and 1 tornado report around Nashville; the largest hail was 1.00″ (quarter) on Nov 7, 2025.

    Latest storm reports near Nashville

    DateReportWhere
    Aug 8, 2026Damaging wind23 mi S · Williamson Co.
    Jul 21, 2026Damaging wind16 mi W · Cheatham Co.
    Jul 11, 2026Damaging wind17 mi NW · Cheatham Co.
    Jul 3, 2026Damaging wind5 mi NE · Davidson Co.
    Jul 2, 2026Damaging wind17 mi SE · Williamson Co.
    Jun 9, 2026Damaging wind17 mi E · Wilson Co.
    Apr 27, 2026Damaging wind4 mi SE · Davidson Co.
    Apr 27, 2026Tornado13 mi N · Davidson Co.
    Apr 16, 2026Damaging wind7 mi SE · Davidson Co.
    Mar 15, 2026Damaging wind5 mi W · Davidson Co.

    One line per day and type — the closest report that day. Distance and direction from the city centre. The latest SPC reports are preliminary until NOAA finalises them.

    Storm reports by year

    06513019425916: 32 hail16: 227 damaging wind1617: 17 hail17: 131 damaging wind17: 6 tornado1718: 20 hail18: 72 damaging wind1819: 8 hail19: 104 damaging wind19: 2 tornado1920: 4 hail20: 45 damaging wind20: 1 tornado2021: 21 hail21: 58 damaging wind21: 15 tornado2122: 15 hail22: 61 damaging wind2223: 28 hail23: 148 damaging wind23: 3 tornado2324: 32 hail24: 65 damaging wind2425: 67 hail25: 91 damaging wind25: 1 tornado2526: 36 damaging wind26: 1 tornado26
    HailDamaging windTornado

    Storm season in Nashville

    065130194259Jan: 16JanFeb: 18FebMar: 137MarApr: 179AprMay: 210MayJun: 259JunJul: 227JulAug: 113AugSep: 48SepOct: 10OctNov: 41NovDec: 53Dec

    All hail, wind and tornado reports within 25 miles, 2016–2026, by month.

    Hail in Nashville

    Nashville averages 7.1 days a year with hail reported nearby. The biggest stone on record since 2016 was 3.00 inches — about the size of a tea cup — reported 22 miles from the city centre on May 20, 2025. Hail of 1 inch (quarter size) or larger is what makes a thunderstorm severe; see the hail size chart.

    Tornadoes near Nashville

    There have been 29 tornado reports within 25 miles of Nashville since 2016; the strongest was rated EF3 (Mar 3, 2020, 10 miles from the city centre). A tornado warning means a tornado is occurring or imminent — take shelter immediately.

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    Questions about storms in Nashville

    Does Nashville get a lot of severe storms?

    Nashville averages 18.9 days a year with at least one hail, damaging-wind or tornado report within 25 miles, based on NOAA Storm Prediction Center reports 2016–2025.

    When is storm season in Nashville?

    Most severe-weather reports around Nashville come in May, June, July.

    What is the biggest hail recorded near Nashville?

    3.00 inches (tea cup size) on May 20, 2025, 22 miles from the city centre.

    Have tornadoes hit near Nashville?

    Yes — 29 tornado reports within 25 miles since 2016, the strongest rated EF3 on Mar 3, 2020.

    How do I get storm alerts for Nashville?

    The live panel on this page shows every active National Weather Service watch and warning for Nashville, TN. For alerts on your phone, Lightning Tracker for iPhone shows storm risk and warnings for your location.

    How this page works: storm reports are NOAA Storm Prediction Center local storm reports (final database 2016–2025, preliminary daily reports after that) within 25 miles of Nashville, TN. They are reports of hail, damaging wind and tornadoes — not lightning strike counts, which no free public dataset provides at city level. Live alerts come from the National Weather Service API, the outlook from Open-Meteo forecast models. Updated Sep 29, 2026.