After reaching the hottest temperatures so far this year, with afternoon highs ranging from 98 Austin to 100 Marble Falls on Sunday, a cluster of severe storms blasted through the region with hail, high winds, and heavy rainfall.
Fortunately, it was a relatively brief event but it certainly made a mark.
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About 65 miles northwest of Austin, storm spotters reported seeing a brief tornado drop from the skies near Copperas Cove around 5:28 p.m.
At Lake Buchanan, numerous trees were reportedly downed by hurricane-force wind gusts. One spotter measured a peak gust of 78 mph around 5:50 p.m. About an hour later, a thunderstorm gust of 81 mph was clocked in at Manor.
Hail nearly two inches in diameter -- the size of a chicken egg -- was seen in Williamson Co and also central Bastrop Co. There was at least one report of 2.8" diameter hail -- nearly the size of a tea cup -- in the Hill Country city of Llano.
Top rain reports:
3.24" Marble Falls
3.39" Niederwald
2.86" Spicewood
2.26" Lockhart
2.21" Fredericksburg
2.02" Burnet
1.49" Downtown Austin
1.45" Cedar Crk Near Bastrop
1.37" Dripping Springs
1.30" Elgin
1.15" San Marcos
1.08" Lakeway
1.06" Manor
1.04" Austin-Mabry
0.95" Florence
0.89" Wimberley
0.88" Kyle
0.81" Round Rock
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--Chief Meteorologist Burton Fitzsimmons (@Burton_Spectrum)