A severe storm last week moving through Bastrop County and surrounding counties spawned a couple of confirmed tornadoes in the region, one of which touched down between Smithville and Bastrop. Last Tuesday morning, May 12, a line of thunderstorms moved north through Central Texas, including Bastrop County. At 8:39 a.m., the National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio (NWS) issued a significant weather advisory for central Caldwell and southwestern Bastrop counties until 9:30 a.m. after Doppler radar tracked a strong thunderstorm eight miles southeast of Lockhart moving northeast at 30 miles per hour. The advisory warned of half-inch hail, wind gusts up to 50 ...