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On the evening of March 24, 2023, a large and destructive tornado struck the communities of Rolling Fork and Silver City, Mississippi, killing 17 people and injuring at least 165 others. The tornado was the strongest and deadliest of a widespread tornado outbreak in the Southern United States between March 24–27, 2023.
On March 24, 2023, a severe weather and tornado outbreak began across portions of the lower Mississippi River Valley in the United States.
On March 24, 2023, shortly after 8:00 p.m. CDT, Rolling Fork was struck by a destructive and deadly high end EF4 tornado, with winds of 195 mph. The tornado formed from a supercell thunderstorm in northern Issaquena County, whereupon it moved northeast towards and into Rolling Fork.
Tornadoes reports have come in from Illinois to Arkansas. See storm reports on an updated map.
Approximately 28 million people were placed under tornado watches, including multiple PDS tornado watches, from the evening of March 31 through the overnight hours into the morning of April 1.
Sadly, several people were killed, including an infant, in the violent storms and tornadoes from Friday to Sunday. Close to 500 incidents of severe weather occurred, including more than 125 tornadoes.
ATLANTA (AP) — More than 15 million people from Texas to Florida were under threat of severe storms and the potential for more tornadoes Monday, many of them in areas previously hit during one ...
English: Map of confirmed tornadoes and tornado warnings by the National Weather Service during the tornado outbreak of March 24-27, 2023. Map produced in QGIS. National Weather Service warning outlines available from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet and tornado data available from the National Centers for Environmental Information.
Severe storms tore through parts of the U.S. again Wednesday, spawning damaging tornadoes, producing massive hail, and killing two people in Tennessee and one person in North Carolina.
All deaths were tornado-related. Throughout Mississippi, damage from the tornado amounted to $75 million (1966 USD) ($704 million (2024 USD)). The most severe damage took place at the Candlestick Park shopping center in southern Jackson where 12 people were killed.