A large and amplifying upper trough dug south through the eastern two-thirds of the United States along and east of the Rockies on December 22nd, which ushered in the coldest temperatures for December in decades to much of the country leading up to the Christmas Day holiday weekend. This very cold arctic air mass moved into extreme Southeast Oklahoma, Southwest Arkansas, and Northeast Texas during the morning hours of the 22nd, with temperatures falling sharply some 20-30+ degrees with the attendant cold frontal passage into the single digits and lower teens by the morning hours of the 23rd. Very strong and gusty northwest winds of 35-45 mph were observed behind the front even through the morning of the 24th, producing a long duration of wind chill values ranging from 0 to as low as -13 degrees across Northeast Texas from the afternoon of the 22nd to the morning of the 24th. While the temperatures associated with this arctic air mass were not quite record-breaking for this time of year, the long duration of subfreezing temperatures, which persisted nearly 2 days, resulted in multiple reports of freezing and bursting of water pipes, as well as sporadic power outages across these areas.
Here are the lowest wind chill values recorded across Northeast Texas from December 22nd through the morning of the 24th:
Red River County: Clarksville, -11 degrees
Bowie County: Texarkana, -12 degrees; De Kalb, -6 degrees; Wake Village, -6 degrees; Redwater, -5 degrees; 3 NNW Nash, -2 degrees.
Cass County: 1 ENE Atlanta, -13 degrees, Atlanta Hall-Miller Municipal Airport, -9 degrees; Linden, -5 degrees.
Morris County: Old Country Acres, -10 degrees.
Titus County: Mount Pleasant, -12 degrees.
Camp County: Pittsburg, -11 degrees.
Wood County: Mineola/Quitman, -8 degrees; 7E Mineola, 0 degrees.
Upshur County: Gilmer Municipal Airport, -7 degrees.
Harrison County: Marshall, -9 degrees.
Gregg County: Longview East TX Regional Airport, -8 degrees; Warren City, -8 degrees; Longview, 0 degrees.
Smith County: Whitehouse, -10 degrees; Tyler Pounds Field Airport, -8 degrees; 2 W Tyler, -7 degrees; Arp, -7 degrees; Flint, -7 degrees; Bullard, -2 degrees; 4 NE Van, -1 degrees; 2 ESE Tyler, 0 degrees; Tyler, 0 degrees.

Cold/Wind Chill in RED RIVER, TEXAS
From 22-DEC-22 12:00:00 to 24-DEC-22 09:47:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Cold/Wind Chill in BOWIE, TEXAS
From 22-DEC-22 12:00:00 to 24-DEC-22 09:47:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Cold/Wind Chill in CASS, TEXAS
From 22-DEC-22 12:00:00 to 24-DEC-22 09:47:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Cold/Wind Chill in MORRIS, TEXAS
From 22-DEC-22 12:00:00 to 24-DEC-22 09:47:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Cold/Wind Chill in TITUS, TEXAS
From 22-DEC-22 12:00:00 to 24-DEC-22 09:47:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Cold/Wind Chill in CAMP, TEXAS
From 22-DEC-22 12:00:00 to 24-DEC-22 09:47:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Cold/Wind Chill in FRANKLIN, TEXAS
From 22-DEC-22 12:00:00 to 24-DEC-22 09:47:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Cold/Wind Chill in WOOD, TEXAS
From 22-DEC-22 12:00:00 to 24-DEC-22 09:47:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Cold/Wind Chill in UPSHUR, TEXAS
From 22-DEC-22 12:00:00 to 24-DEC-22 09:47:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Cold/Wind Chill in MARION, TEXAS
From 22-DEC-22 12:00:00 to 24-DEC-22 09:47:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Cold/Wind Chill in HARRISON, TEXAS
From 22-DEC-22 12:00:00 to 24-DEC-22 09:47:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Cold/Wind Chill in GREGG, TEXAS
From 22-DEC-22 12:00:00 to 24-DEC-22 09:47:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Cold/Wind Chill in SMITH, TEXAS
From 22-DEC-22 12:00:00 to 24-DEC-22 09:47:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS