Primary-Source Record · 2017-05-23

Austin-area severe weather on May 23, 2017

Hail up to 1.75 inches; 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) — 12

Time (local)CountyTypeMagnitudeLocationNOAA id
16:14WilliamsonHail 1 Old Round Rock697556
16:16TravisHail 1 Pflugerville697557
16:16WilliamsonThunderstorm Wind 65 EG Old Round Rock697558
16:18TravisHail 1 Cele697559
16:31BastropHail 1 Elgin697563
16:32BastropThunderstorm Wind 52 EG Elgin697564
16:34BastropThunderstorm Wind 65 EG Elgin697565
16:37BastropTornado Elgin700038
16:39BastropHail 1.75 Butler697566
16:49BastropHail 1.25 Paige697567
16:50BastropHail 1.25 Paige697568
17:14HaysHail 1 Buda697573

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

What this date means for a roof

A recorded storm is where to start asking, not the answer. Damage is decided by an inspection of the roof itself — dated photographs, measurements, and collateral evidence such as dented gutters, vents, or soft metals — and an insurer verifies the date of loss against that damage pattern, not against a weather record alone.

What Zilker Roofing does not do, as formal hash-verified policy:

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