A potent upper-level trough progressed from the Four-Corners Region into the Texas Panhandle by late in the afternoon on March 2nd. Strong warm and moist air advection was ongoing in advance of the trough earlier in the morning. This resulted in scattered convection, but this had little effect on increasing instability through the afternoon as temperatures warmed into the mid and upper 70s to lower and mid 80s. Additionally, backing surface winds also promoted increasing low-level shear as well as deep-layer shear with a 50-60 knot low-level jet surging east ahead of the trough and advancing cold front. This environment was supportive of several supercells that developed by late afternoon into the early evening hours, producing several tornadoes in addition to large hail and damaging wind gusts. As the cold front surged east of I-35 by early in the evening, the storm mode eventually became more linear with an increasing threat of more widespread damaging winds along the complex of storms while the threats of large hail and isolated tornadoes continued through the end of the event.

Thunderstorm Wind in UPSHUR, TEXAS
From 02-MAR-23 21:10:00 to 02-MAR-23 21:10:00 (CST-6)
Location: THOMAS
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Trees downed in the northwest portions of Upshur County.

Thunderstorm Wind in SMITH, TEXAS
From 02-MAR-23 21:20:00 to 02-MAR-23 21:20:00 (CST-6)
Location: TYLER
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Numerous trees and power lines downed across parts of Smith County.

Thunderstorm Wind in GREGG, TEXAS
From 02-MAR-23 21:52:00 to 02-MAR-23 21:52:00 (CST-6)
Location: GREGGTON
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Fire Department/Rescue

Tree downed on a house on Jewel Drive and power poles leaning along West Loop 281.

Thunderstorm Wind in RED RIVER, TEXAS
From 02-MAR-23 20:42:00 to 02-MAR-23 20:42:00 (CST-6)
Location: CLARKSVILLE
Magnitude: 61.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Trees downed along with power lines and some structural damage along Highway 82.

Thunderstorm Wind in HARRISON, TEXAS
From 02-MAR-23 22:27:00 to 02-MAR-23 22:27:00 (CST-6)
Location: MARSHALL NORTHEAST
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Numerous trees downed across parts of Harrison County.

Thunderstorm Wind in HARRISON, TEXAS
From 02-MAR-23 17:30:00 to 02-MAR-23 17:30:00 (CST-6)
Location: WOODLAWN
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Employee

Large tree downed on FM Road 1997 between Marshall and Jefferson.

Thunderstorm Wind in UPSHUR, TEXAS
From 02-MAR-23 21:48:00 to 02-MAR-23 21:48:00 (CST-6)
Location: GLENWOOD
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Numerous trees downed in parts of southeast Upshur County.

Thunderstorm Wind in WOOD, TEXAS
From 02-MAR-23 20:33:00 to 02-MAR-23 20:33:00 (CST-6)
Location: QUITMAN
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Several trees downed in and around Quitman.

Tornado in FRANKLIN, TEXAS
From 02-MAR-23 17:00:00 to 02-MAR-23 17:11:00 (CST-6)
Location: FAIRVIEW
Tornado F-scale: EF0
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

An EF-0 tornado was documented by storm chasers touching down between Mount Vernon and Hagansport. The damage survey team found that this tornado produced estimated maximum winds near 80 mph which downed tree limbs of several trees along its 5+ mile long path.

Tornado in MARION, TEXAS
From 02-MAR-23 17:05:00 to 02-MAR-23 17:10:00 (CST-6)
Location: KELLEYVILLE
Tornado F-scale: EF1
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

This EF-1 tornado, with estimated maximum winds near 105 mph, affected the Kellyville community west/northwest of Jefferson, and it mainly tracked north along Kellyville Road. The tornado was as its strongest and widest as it crossed State Highway 49. A majority of the damage was to trees through a combination of uprooting and trunk snapping. There were a few outbuildings damaged or mostly destroyed by the wind with some homes and other structures damaged, mainly due to impact from large limbs and trees falling on top of them. Fortunately, there were no injuries or fatalities associated with the tornado.

Tornado in CASS, TEXAS
From 02-MAR-23 17:34:00 to 02-MAR-23 17:35:00 (CST-6)
Location: HUFFINS
Tornado F-scale: EF1
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

This EF-1 tornado, with estimated maximum winds near 104 mph, occurred in the very rural southeastern portion of Cass County, well south of the city of Atlanta. A majority of the concentrated damage occurred at the start of the tornado along FM Road 251, where the tornado downed or snapped many hardwood and softwood trees. The tornado continued northward for another mile, crossing County Road 4556 and then ending as it crossed County Road 4555. There were a few outbuildings damaged by the wind with some homes and other structures also damaged, mainly due to impact from large limbs and trees falling on top of them. Fortunately, there were no injuries or fatalities associated with the tornado.

Thunderstorm Wind in RED RIVER, TEXAS
From 02-MAR-23 20:41:00 to 02-MAR-23 20:41:00 (CST-6)
Location: MC COY
Magnitude: 78.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

A NWS storm survey confirmed widespread wind damage in the city of Clarksville was due to straight-line winds of 70 to 90 mph produced by a quasi-linear convective system, or squall line. A vast majority of the damage was to the east or east northeast and did not show signs of a convergent damage pattern. In addition, the width of the wind damage swath in Clarksville was over a mile in portions of the city, which does not correlate well with damage produced by a weak tornado. Many trees and large limbs were downed by the winds with some structural damage in the city due to falling trees. However, there was a lot of evidence of winds alone doing a variety of roof damage in town with many residences losing a significant amount of shingles from their roofs. There were also a few instances of glass being blown out of windows in some structures, and one or two more weakly constructed buildings did have large portions of their roof structures blown off.

Thunderstorm Wind in GREGG, TEXAS
From 02-MAR-23 21:39:00 to 02-MAR-23 21:39:00 (CST-6)
Location: LIBERTY CITY
Magnitude: 56.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Measured 64 mph wind gust from a personal weather station just north of Interstate 20 near Liberty City.

Tornado in NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
From 02-MAR-23 22:51:00 to 02-MAR-23 22:58:00 (CST-6)
Location: APPLEBY
Tornado F-scale: EF1
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 100 mph touched down about 8 miles to the north northeast of Nacogdoches near the Appleby community. Damage to trees was seen along FM Road 2864 along and north of County Road 106 where large trees were either uprooted or snapped at their trunks. From there, the tornado tracked to the northeast where additional damage was found near County Road 125 and County Road 127 just north of US Highway 59. The tornado caused some additional tree damage off Hidden Valley Drive just to the south and east of US Highway 59 before lifting shortly thereafter.

Thunderstorm Wind in NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
From 02-MAR-23 22:51:00 to 02-MAR-23 22:51:00 (CST-6)
Location: APPLEBY
Magnitude: 52.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: RAWS

Observation recorded 60 mph wind gust at remote automatic weather station (RAWS) just north of Nacogdoches.

Thunderstorm Wind in SHELBY, TEXAS
From 02-MAR-23 23:13:00 to 02-MAR-23 23:13:00 (CST-6)
Location: TIMPSON
Magnitude: 61.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Numerous trees downed across Shelby County on FM Roads 947, 414 and 699 and the roof was removed from a local hardware store in Timpson.

Thunderstorm Wind in NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
From 02-MAR-23 23:00:00 to 02-MAR-23 23:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: BONITA JCT
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Numerous trees downed across Nacogdoches County and one tree was downed on a house on FM Road 2609 near Nacogdoches.

Thunderstorm Wind in RUSK, TEXAS
From 02-MAR-23 22:36:00 to 02-MAR-23 22:36:00 (CST-6)
Location: LANEVILLE
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Several trees downed near FM Road 1798 and County Road 2174 near Laneville.

Thunderstorm Wind in MARION, TEXAS
From 02-MAR-23 22:30:00 to 02-MAR-23 22:30:00 (CST-6)
Location: JEFFERSON
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Numerous trees downed across parts of Marion County.

Thunderstorm Wind in HARRISON, TEXAS
From 02-MAR-23 22:30:00 to 02-MAR-23 22:30:00 (CST-6)
Location: MARSHALL
Magnitude: 83.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Numerous trees downed, shingles removed and one brick support blown away in Marshall.

Thunderstorm Wind in HARRISON, TEXAS
From 02-MAR-23 22:26:00 to 02-MAR-23 22:26:00 (CST-6)
Location: MARSHALL
Magnitude: 83.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

Damage survey concluded that damage on the southeast side of Marshall was consistent with that of straight-line winds near 95 mph with several trees uprooted and/or snapped. Concentrated tree damage was observed in the Bel Air community.

Thunderstorm Wind in CHEROKEE, TEXAS
From 02-MAR-23 22:24:00 to 02-MAR-23 22:24:00 (CST-6)
Location: ALTO
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Numerous trees and power lines downed across parts of Cherokee County.

Thunderstorm Wind in CAMP, TEXAS
From 02-MAR-23 21:16:00 to 02-MAR-23 21:16:00 (CST-6)
Location: PITTSBURG
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

A tree was downed on a power line along County Road 1342 in Pittsburg.