Thunderstorm Wind, Travis
- When
- April 4, 6:15 PM CST to 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County, Austin
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.280, -97.750
Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 4, 1997
Storms ripped roofs off 16 apartment buildings in Austin. High winds also resulted in widespread (1500) power failures across Austin.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS EWX wrote it up.
Storms ripped roofs off 16 apartment buildings in Austin. High winds also resulted in widespread (1500) power failures across Austin.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Travis
- When
- April 4, 6:20 PM CST to 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County, Countywide
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.320, -97.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Travis
- When
- April 4, 6:30 PM CST to 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County, 1 mi SW of Austin
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.270, -97.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Travis
- When
- April 4, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County, Austin
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Coordinates
- 30.280, -97.750
Aircraft were damaged at Robert Mueller Airport by severe wind gusts.
Thunderstorm Wind, Travis
- When
- April 4, 6:32 PM CST to 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County, Countywide
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 30.320, -97.770
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
- Blizzard in North Dakota, April 4 to 7, 1997
- Ice Storm in North Dakota, April 4 to 5, 1997
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, April 4 to 6, 1997
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, April 4, 1997
- Blizzard in Wyoming, April 4 to 6, 1997
- Blizzard in Nebraska, April 4 to 6, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 4, 1997
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 4, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 4, 1997
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, April 4 to 5, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 4, 1997
- Tornadoes in Texas, April 4, 1997
More
Every storm in Texas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 1997
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5599857, 5599858, 5599859, 5599860, 5599861.