EF1 tornado in Dallas County, Texas

A brief tornado occurred in Irving within a larger area of wind damage. The tornado was verified with radar data after a ground survey was completed. The tornado began near Pecan Drive, south of West Pioneer Dr. Mostly tree damage was observed along this street. One vehicle was damaged due to falling trees. The tornado then impacted the Tree Country Apartments causing EF-1 wind damage to the roof of nearly every apartment building in the complex. Tree and roof damage was also noted next door at the Learning Tree Academy. Across the street, the Irving Police Family Advocacy Center lost half of its roof and the covering off a second story balcony. The tornado tracked east-northeast from here and dissipated between Cedar Drive and North O'Connor Road. Damage to the La Hacienda Apartments was caused by RFD-type winds at the end of the tornado track. Maximum estimated winds were 110 mph at the Tree Country Apartments.

A deep upper trough moving east through the Plains was accompanied by a Pacific cold front, along which a line of strong to severe thunderstorms developed early in the morning of March 4. This line of storms produced damaging winds in the 80-100 mph at times, a few hail reports, and two tornadoes as it pushed east through North and Central Texas the morning of March 4. The damaging thunderstorm winds left notable widespread damage across mostly North Texas. In the afternoon hours following this system, a High Wind Warning was in effect for some of the western half of the region for strong gradient winds and wind gusts behind the front. Gusts over 60 mph were observed.