Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- March 3, 3:15 AM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Coordinates
- 32.880, -97.080
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 3, 1970
9 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $28,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
9 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant
- When
- March 3, 4:10 AM CST
- Where
- Tarrant County
- Coordinates
- 32.880, -97.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Collin
- When
- March 3, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Collin County
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -96.580
Tornado, Hunt
- When
- March 3, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hunt County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 32.980, -95.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Henderson
- When
- March 3, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Coordinates
- 32.200, -95.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Smith
- When
- March 3, 6:45 AM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Coordinates
- 32.200, -95.400
Tornado, Titus
- When
- March 3, 6:55 AM CST
- Where
- Titus County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 27 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -94.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Henderson
- When
- March 3, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Henderson County
- Coordinates
- 32.080, -95.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- March 3, 7:10 AM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Coordinates
- 32.080, -95.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Gregg
- When
- March 3, 7:20 AM CST
- Where
- Gregg County
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -94.900
Tornado, Rusk
- When
- March 3, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Rusk County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 32.300, -94.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- March 3, 7:45 AM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -94.680
Tornado, Cass
- When
- March 3, 8:10 AM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.970, -94.200
Tornado, Marion
- When
- March 3, 8:10 AM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 32.850, -94.220
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10133785, 10133786, 10133787, 10133788, 10133789, 10133790, 10133791, 10133792, 10133793, 10133794, 10133795, 10133796, 10133797, 10133798.