NWS Forecast Office Nashville, TN

On January 17, 1999...About 350 homes and 25 businesses receive
damage from straight-line winds in Columbia. At the Shady Brook Mall,
huge panes of glass at the entrance are shattered. Forty mature trees
are uprooted at the Graymere Country Club. There is $400,000 in
damage to the Pepsi Cola plant alone. Overall, $4 million in damages
are reported in the city. Elsewhere, a wind gust of 61 mph is
recorded at Nashville. And softball-sized hail is reported at
Pulaski, damaging numerous vehicles. This is the largest known hail
ever to fall in Tennessees history.'