A strong upper level low pressure system shifted northeast out of the Central Rockies across Eastern Colorado and Northwest Kansas during the day on December 13th, which allowed for surface low pressure to develop along an attendant cold front that extended south across Western Kansas into Western Oklahoma and Northwest Texas. Meanwhile, a tightening pressure gradient ahead of the front resulted in strong southerly low level winds across the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley, with an increase in warmer, more humid and unstable air spreading back north into East Texas and the Lower Mississippi Valley. Large scale forcing increased during the afternoon across East Texas ahead of the approaching upper trough, along a dry line that had mixed east ahead of the cold front. Thus, scattered showers and thunderstorms developed across much of East Texas, some of which became severe as they tapped the strongly sheared air mass in place and the better instability contributed from daytime heating. Several reports of damaging winds which downed trees were received across East Texas, and spawned an isolated tornado over Northern Panola and Southern Harrison Counties near the Elysian Fields community, before lifting prior to reaching Caddo Parish in Northwest Louisiana.

Thunderstorm Wind in SMITH, TEXAS
From 13-DEC-22 12:20:00 to 13-DEC-22 12:20:00 (CST-6)
Location: RED SPGS
Magnitude: 65.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Several trees were downed and mobile home covers were damaged along CR 317 just south of FM 16. Fences and telephone poles were also snapped.

Tornado in HARRISON, TEXAS
From 13-DEC-22 15:44:00 to 13-DEC-22 15:52:00 (CST-6)
Location: ELYSIAN FLDS
Tornado F-scale: EF2
Property damage: 60.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

This is a continuation of the Northern Panola County EF-2 tornado. This tornado weakened slightly to a strong EF-1 with estimated maximum winds near 110 mph as it entered Southern Harrison County near the Elysian Fields community, where it continued to snap and uproot trees before crossing Old Town Road south of FM 451. A few shingles were torn off of a roof of a single family home along Old Town Road, before the tornado crossed FM 451 near CR 1212 just west of Elysian Fields High School, where it paralleled CR 1214 as it continued to snap and uproot trees, and damaged the roof of an outbuilding and destroyed another. The tornado then crossed FM 9 where it damaged a two story home, removing large portions of the roof before lifting shortly thereafter upon crossing a private road just southeast of FM 9.

Thunderstorm Wind in WOOD, TEXAS
From 13-DEC-22 12:15:00 to 13-DEC-22 12:15:00 (CST-6)
Location: ALBA
Magnitude: 56.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Trees were downed in the Alba community.

Tornado in PANOLA, TEXAS
From 13-DEC-22 15:38:00 to 13-DEC-22 15:44:00 (CST-6)
Location: DE BERRY
Tornado F-scale: EF2
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

An EF-2 tornado with estimated maximum winds around 115 mph touched down in a forested area in Northern Panola County just west of County Road 3123, where approximately a couple hundred softwood trees were snapped and uprooted across an area around 460 yards wide. The tornado damage swath narrowed as it damaged a roof of a single family home off of County Road 312 and County Road 3123. The tornado continued to snap and uproot trees as it tracked across FM 31 and into Southern Harrison County near the Elysian Fields community.