On July 4, 1941...
Byrdstown's 8.05" deluge of rainfall sets a station record.
On July 4, 1995...
A man is killed by a lightning strike while working on a barn roof at Rushing Springs (Overton County). Another man is injured by a lightning strike while sitting on his front porch in Joelton. Wind gust of 58 mph is recorded at Nashville.
On July 4, 1997...
A swath of hail, from marble to dime size, strikes between the towns of Sandy Springs and Ridgetop. The hail storm damages 100 acres of tobacco. Damage estimate to the tobacco crop by the Robertson County Department of Agriculture is $440,000.
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