EF2 tornado in Taylor County, Texas

This is the same EF-2 Tornado that began in southeast Nolan County and crossed into southwest Taylor County. About 9.7 miles south of Trent near the Nolan-Taylor County Line, High Resolution Satellite Data showed the tornado destroyed a forest. Radar also showed a Tornado Debris Signature in this part of southwest Taylor County. About 8 miles south southeast of Trent, a NWS damage survey observed snapped large tree trunks, destruction of a large barn, tossed tractors and two vehicles that were also tossed. The resident could see the tornado approaching from his back door. About 8 miles south southeast of Trent, this same tornado snapped large Oak Tree trunks, scoured the ground, shredded a large Cedar Tree trunk, and even removed some bark from some of the trees. It damaged the roof of a nearby home. Hi-Res Satellite also showed the forest destroyed by this tornado. Taylor County Emergency Management assisted with this damage survey.

A cold front interacting with an upper level disturbance and plenty of moisture triggered a supercell just northwest of Throckmorton on March 17. Stormchasers videtoped a brief tornado touchdown just northwest of Throckmorton.

By the afternoon of March 18 into the early morning hours of March 19, a strong upper level low pressure system moved northeast across the Panhandle. Plenty of wind shear and instability interacted with a dryline, copious gulf moisture and triggered an isolated discrete supercell. This tornadic supercell produced at least three tornadoes from southeast Nolan County to Taylor, Jones and Shackelford Counties. Two of the tornadoes were EF-2 at times and did extension damage along its track across four counties.