Tornado, hail pummel area

Last week’s storms bring differing amounts of rainfall across the county
This image of a tornado that touched down in the Oakalla area was posted on numerous electronic news and social media sites Thursday. FACEBOOK PHOTO
This image of a tornado that touched down in the Oakalla area was posted on numerous electronic news and social media sites Thursday. FACEBOOK PHOTO

Last week’s thunderstorms brought varying rainfall amounts across Lampasas County and a tornado near its border with Burnet County south of the Kempner area.

The National Weather Service anticipates more thunderstorms for the area this week.

The Lower Colorado River Authority’s rain gauge located 11 miles west-northwest of Lampasas showed 0.46 inches of rainfall over the last seven days as of Monday…