Event narrative (NOAA)
Freezing rain began around 11 AM on January 30 and continued off and on through February 2. By 10:23 PM on January 30 the Pflugerville Police had closed the flyover ramps between Hwy 130 and Hwy 45 due to ice on the roadway. The Austin area was hit hard with approximately 265,000 power outages (estimate from Austin Energy) when trees took out power lines. By the end of the storm the ASOS at Camp Mabry recorded 0.69��� of ice and the COOP observer in Great Hills reported 0.45���. There were many car accidents one of which resulted in a fatality on January 31. The cost of damages was estimated at $55.5 million. The Pedernales Electric Cooperative, headquarters in Johnson City, provides electricity to most of Blanco and Burnet Counties and parts of Edwards, Real, Kerr, Williamson, Travis, Hay
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.