Primary-Source Record · 2015-05-23

Austin-area severe weather on May 23, 2015

No hail recorded; wind up to 65 kt (75 mph); a tornado was recorded. Counties: Bastrop, Hays, Travis, Williamson. Every row below is a federal or NWS record; nothing on this page is an estimate.

NOAA Storm Events (certified) — 22

Time (local)CountyTypeMagnitudeLocationNOAA id
13:20BastropThunderstorm Wind 61 EG Paige581612
19:53HaysTornado Mt Gaynor581285
19:58TravisTornado Jonestown Bar K Arpt581291
20:11TravisTornado Manchaca581294
20:22WilliamsonTornado Liberty Hill581288
20:30TravisThunderstorm Wind 61 EG Fiskville581629
20:30TravisThunderstorm Wind 52 EG Austin-Bergstrom Arpt581632
20:30TravisThunderstorm Wind 65 MG Austin-Bergstrom Arpt581633
20:30WilliamsonThunderstorm Wind 61 EG Liberty Hill581945
20:37TravisTornado Jonestown581292
20:37WilliamsonThunderstorm Wind 61 EG White Stone581635
20:39TravisTornado North Oaks581276
20:42TravisThunderstorm Wind 61 EG Sprinkle581637
20:43BastropTornado Elysium581290
20:43TravisThunderstorm Wind 61 EG Austin Exec Arpk581638
20:43TravisThunderstorm Wind 61 EG Fiskville581639
20:47WilliamsonTornado Leander581277
20:47WilliamsonTornado Andice581295
21:15WilliamsonFlash Flood Liberty Hill581641
21:15WilliamsonThunderstorm Wind 52 EG Hutto581645
21:49TravisThunderstorm Wind 61 EG Fiskville581646
22:11HaysFlash Flood Wimberley581650

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database (public domain) · data.json · data.csv

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