An upper low pressure system over the Four Corners Region ejected northeast through the Southern Rockies into the Central Plains by the afternoon of April 5th, which reinforced a cold front southeast into East Texas, Southwest Arkansas, and North Louisiana before stalling out late in the day. Large scale ascent increased along and ahead of the front and the ejecting upper low, which had tapped into a warm and moderately unstable air mass that had pooled north from the Gulf of Mexico ahead of the front. This resulted in numerous shower and thunderstorm development during the morning around and after daybreak over Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas, which eventually moved into portions of extreme Northwest Louisiana by late morning/early afternoon. Some of these storms became severe, with damaging winds observed and even an isolated tornado briefly touching down just west of Linden in Cass County Texas. While these storms eventually weakened by mid-afternoon, additional redevelopment occurred along the slowing front farther south of I-20 in East Texas by late afternoon and early evening as they tapped stronger instability, with isolated severe thunderstorms producing large hail affecting portions of Cherokee and Panola Counties before moving into extreme Northwest Louisiana.

Thunderstorm Wind in WOOD, TEXAS
From 05-APR-23 07:14:00 to 05-APR-23 07:14:00 (CST-6)
Location: HAWKINS
Magnitude: 56.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Trees were downed on Highway 14 near Hawkins.

Tornado in CASS, TEXAS
From 05-APR-23 07:44:00 to 05-APR-23 07:45:00 (CST-6)
Location: CARTERVILLE
Tornado F-scale: EF0
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

A NWS Storm Survey concluded that a brief EF-0 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 85 mph briefly touched down along Farm Road 130, where it uprooted approximately 10 trees in a convergent pattern while also downing several small and large tree limbs.

Thunderstorm Wind in CASS, TEXAS
From 05-APR-23 07:47:00 to 05-APR-23 07:47:00 (CST-6)
Location: HUGHES SPGS
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Several tree limbs were snapped, and shingles were blown off of a home just northwest of Hughes Springs. Report from mPING.

Thunderstorm Wind in CASS, TEXAS
From 05-APR-23 08:02:00 to 05-APR-23 08:02:00 (CST-6)
Location: BIVINS
Magnitude: 61.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Broadcast Media

Several trees were downed and a tree was downed onto a power line just east of Bivens.

Thunderstorm Wind in CASS, TEXAS
From 05-APR-23 07:58:00 to 05-APR-23 07:58:00 (CST-6)
Location: BIVINS
Magnitude: 61.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Trees were downed across CR 4122 just west of FM 43 north of Bivens.

Thunderstorm Wind in CASS, TEXAS
From 05-APR-23 08:05:00 to 05-APR-23 08:05:00 (CST-6)
Location: HUFFINS
Magnitude: 61.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Trees were downed across portions of Cass County.

Hail in CHEROKEE, TEXAS
From 05-APR-23 16:48:00 to 05-APR-23 16:48:00 (CST-6)
Location: ALTO
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Quarter size hail fell at a restaurant on the southwest side of Alto.

Hail in CHEROKEE, TEXAS
From 05-APR-23 17:54:00 to 05-APR-23 17:54:00 (CST-6)
Location: PONTA
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Nickel size hail fell in the Ponta community.

Hail in PANOLA, TEXAS
From 05-APR-23 20:04:00 to 05-APR-23 20:04:00 (CST-6)
Location: DE BERRY
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Nickel to quarter size hail fell in De Berry.