65
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$50K
Property damage
Hail in Wayne County, Tennessee: 65 recorded events between 1984 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 2.75. That places the county #1,944 nationally and #43 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Wayne County, Tennessee: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Wayne County is the 2000s, when 24 of the county's 65 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Wayne County archive, hail makes up 23.0% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,944 for this hazard and #43 within Tennessee, putting it in the 37.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Apr is the peak month for hail in Wayne County with 26 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2025 | COLLINWOOD | 1 | $0 |
| May 2, 2025 | WAYNESBORO | 1 | $0 |
| May 5, 2020 | LUTTS | 2 | $0 |
| May 5, 2020 | LUTTS | 1.75 | $0 |
| May 5, 2020 | CLIFTON HASSELL ARPT | 2 | $0 |
| Apr 8, 2020 | WAYNESBORO | 1 | $0 |
| Mar 28, 2017 | WAYNESBORO | 1.75 | $0 |
| Mar 21, 2017 | WAYNESBORO | 1 | $0 |
| Mar 21, 2017 | WAYNESBORO | 1.75 | $0 |
| Mar 1, 2017 | COLLINWOOD | 1 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Wayne County
- Thunderstorm Wind 144
- Flash Flood 44
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Baseball size hail was reported in Waynesboro. One report had large hailstones crashing through the decking of a mobile home and damaging a ceiling fan inside. Several other roofs of homes and vehicles received hail damage around Waynesboro.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Wayne County, Tennessee?
65 hail events are recorded in Wayne County between 1984 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Wayne County?
The strongest hail on record in Wayne County measured 2.75.
Where does the hail data for Wayne County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Hail in Wayne County, Tennessee.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/tennessee/wayne-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.