Event narrative (NOAA)
A mix of sleet and freezing rain began during the afternoon of the 24th. The first road closure due to ice was in West Lake Hills around 7 pm. Storm accumulations of ice and sleet included 0.11 of ice at Austin Bergstrom International Airport, 0.9 of sleet at Austin Great Hills, 0.75 of sleet in Austin, 1 of sleet in Lakeway, and 1.8 of sleet in Wells Branch. An unhoused individual was found deceased in a parking lot in Austin, TX. Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services presumes the death was due to hypothermia.
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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.