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Thunderstorm Wind June 9, 2019 · Travis County, Texas

49 mph
Estimated gust (43 kt)
1
Death

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A thunderstorm produced estimated wind gusts of 50 mph that knocked a 23 year old woman kayaker into Lake Pflugerville where she drowned. She was reported missing Sunday evening and her body was recovered Wednesday June 12.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms developed along a cold front that moved through the region. These storms formed in an unstable airmass with high CAPE and steep mid-level lapse rates leading to large hail and widespread damaging wind gusts many of which were estimated to be over 70 mph.

Began near Richland (30.4404, -97.5704).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 836001. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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