EF0 tornado in Denton County, Texas

A brief tornado touched down in northern Carrollton around 6:31pm. The tornado initially caused damage to a building at the Hillside Community Apartments just east of Old Denton Road and south of Rosemeade Parkway. It uplifted a small section of a rooftop exposing the interior of the building, while also removing a large section of shingling nearby. The tornado then tracked northeastward towards Rosemeade Elementary School where it snapped two large trees near the ground which fell in a convergent pattern. Additional damage primarily to trees was observed northwestward towards N Josey Lane and Rosemeade Parkway which mostly consisted of broken tree branches. The tornado was likely in progress for only a minute or two, with estimated peak winds near 85 mph.

A strong shortwave trough aided in the development of scattered to numerous thunderstorms during the late morning, afternoon, and evening hours of March 21. Thunderstorms initially fired along a dryline, many of which became severe, and some of which produced strong tornadoes. A total of 17 tornadoes were confirmed by storm survey teams, the strongest of which was the EF-3 Jacksboro tornado. One death occurred in a tornado in Grayson County near the Red River.