“Hits” is perhaps too strong, but it did touch down and do some damage right at the I-35/TX-45 flyover in Round Rock, which is about eight miles from my house. It did some damage but I’m not seeing any reports of fatalities thus far. One woman did get pulled from the wreckage of the home she was renting. There were also some power outages.
Some video:
Amazing @KXAN_Weather video of on the ground tornado crossing I-35 in Round Rock @ 45 just north of Austin pic.twitter.com/eJvCsYnsCN
— Evil MoPac (@EvilMopacATX) March 21, 2022
Edited to add: Hearing that over 1,000 homes were damaged in Williamson County total, but still no fatalities. Here’s some drone footage:
Looks like every roofer within 90 miles is going to be very busy…
Just as a point of geography (which Lawrence is very aware of, but people outside of the area may not be): that flyover and the WalMart are just a stone’s throw away from the main Dell campus in Round Rock.
I suspect that must have been an interesting day for the people on the phones…
I’m 30 minutes from Round Rock. I’ve got buddies I work with who live in Round Rock and they got hammered.