{"id":257067,"date":"2026-04-19T17:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T17:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/257067\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T17:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T17:55:14","slug":"severe-storms-drop-quarter-sized-hail-on-georgetown-round-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/257067\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe storms drop quarter-sized hail on Georgetown, Round Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ROUND ROCK, Texas \u2014 A <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">severe thunderstorm<\/a> swept through the Cedar Park, Round Rock and Georgetown area Saturday evening, dropping a burst of heavy rain and hail the size of nickels and quarters in some areas.<\/p>\n<p>Photos from Georgetown show hail blanketing parking lots and roadways. Ryan Birckett captured the scene outside an apartment complex, where accumulations of small hailstones coated the pavement.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photos from Georgetown show hail blanketing parking lots and roadways. (Photo: Ryan Birckett)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/753161e3-33f5-425d-a0a6-57c16ea5844b-GeorgetownCreditRyanBirckettFB1.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photos from Georgetown show hail blanketing parking lots and roadways. (Photo: Ryan Birckett)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/two-step-inn-festival-canceled-due-to-weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO | Two Step Inn Festival canceled Saturday due to weather<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Round Rock, Caitlin photographed several hailstones next to a quarter and Kelly Knapper showed hail accumulating around her drain pipe.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"In Round Rock, Caitlin photographed several hailstones next to a quarter. (Photo: Caitlin)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/resources\/media2\/16x9\/1536\/986\/0x592\/90\/6dbac20f-0d7e-41ad-841e-bb8f70b6505c-CreditCaitlinRoundRockX1.jfif\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In Round Rock, Caitlin photographed several hailstones next to a quarter. (Photo: Caitlin)<\/p>\n<p>The storm struck around 7:30 p.m., sending temperatures across the area plummeting into the 40s.<\/p>\n<p>The hail and rain followed a cold front that moved through Central Texas earlier Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Additional showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue overnight.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Did you see the storms? Submit your photos to CBS Austin through <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/chimein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chime In.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ROUND ROCK, Texas \u2014 A severe thunderstorm swept through the Cedar Park, Round Rock and Georgetown area Saturday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-257067","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}