Storm reports for April 16, 1998

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On April 16, 1998, 115 hail, 58 damaging-wind and 38 tornado reports were logged across 13 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Cheatham County, TN. Tornadoes killed 8.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (115)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $665 million in property damage, $1.4 million in crop damage, 130 injuries and 8 deaths from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (255 events in 12 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Wayne County, TN (near Clifton) · Tornado F4 · $4 million · 3 deaths · 6 injuries
  “The tornado killed 3 people in Wayne county. 2 females, their ages 75 and 57, were killed in a modular home on Lay Creek Rd. Another female, age 69, was killed on Chalk Creek Road in a wooden frame home. The tornado left nothing but the foundation. A lumber yard was destroyed.”
• Davidson County, TN (near Nashville) · Tornado F3 · $100 million · 1 death · 60 injuries
  “This Nashville tornado on April 16, 1998 took a very similar path to another F3 tornado that occurred on March 14, 1933, which killed 11 people in Nashville. The tornado touched down at 330 PM one mile west of Charlotte Pike and I-440. A tree fell on an ROTC student at Centennial Park.”
• Lawrence County, TN (near Deerfield) · Tornado F5 · $4 million · 21 injuries
  “Many fine homes, some even brick, were completely leveled. Trees were uprooted or blown down, power lines were down, 75 utility poles were blown down around the county. People who were at their homes went to the basement, or in a closet, or in a bathroom.”
• Murray County, GA (near Cisco) · Tornado F1 · $200,000 · 10 injuries
  “An apparent tornado touched down briefly, hitting a mobile home park in the Temple Grove, Higdon Road, and Turvey-Nichols Road areas in Cisco. Seven mobile homes were destroyed, 2 received major damage and 6 minor damage. One home had major structural damage and 14 had minor damage.”
• Maury County, TN (near Culleoka) · Tornado F3 · $4 million · 8 injuries
  “The heaviest damage was in the Culleola-Tice Town area. An 18 wheeler was blown over. Many homes were damaged, trees and power lines were down. Several trailers were destroyed or damaged.”
• Dickson County, TN (near Tidwell) · Tornado F3 · $500,000 · 5 injuries
  “The tornado destroyed or damaged 35 homes, destroyed 7 mobile homes, uprooted trees and demolished cars along a 2 mile path on Nails Creek Road. The Dickson Convention Center/Flea Port USA, on TN Route 46 South, lost a wall and part of a roof.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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