2023 Rolling Fork tornado
EF4 tornado in Mississippi, US
2023 Rolling Fork tornado
On the evening of Friday, March 24, 2023, a large, violent, and long-tracked multi-vortex wedge tornado struck the Mississippi towns of Rolling Fork, Silver City, and Midnight. The tornado, known most simply as the Rolling Fork tornado or informally the Rolling Fork-Silver City Tornado by the National Weather Service (NWS), killed 17 people and injured at least 165 others. Part of a wider tornado outbreak sequence across the Southern United States, this tornado was the deadliest and strongest of the event. It caused catastrophic damage in Rolling Fork and significant damage in Silver City. The NWS assigned the tornado a rating of EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, with estimated peak winds of 195 miles per hour (314 km/h). The tornado touched down in Issaquena County and rapidly intensified as it tracked northeastward into Sharkey County, reaching EF4 intensity as it approached Rolling Fork. It caused extensive destruction in Rolling Fork, leveling numerous homes and businesses, including...
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