Hail — Haywood, Tennessee

2025-05-02 · near Brownsville, Haywood, Tennessee

Wider weather episode

A mesoscale convective vortex moved across the Lower Mississippi Valley during the early morning hours. A second area of convection developed over Central Arkansas and began to approach the Mid-South during the late morning to early afternoon. Surface-based instability flourished across the region along with supportive shear and steep lapse rates, which resulted in damaging winds and large hail across West Tennessee.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1259878. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.