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March 24, 2023, 7:57 p.m. CDT (UTC−05:00) Dissipated: March 24, 2023, 9:08 p.m. CDT (UTC−05:00) Duration: 71 minutes: EF4 tornado; on the Enhanced Fujita scale: Highest winds: 195 mph (314 km/h) Overall effects; Fatalities: 17: Injuries: 165: Damage: $96,644,200 (2023 USD)
On March 24, 2023, a severe weather and tornado outbreak began across portions of the lower Mississippi River Valley in the United States. A slow-moving trough moved eastward across the United States and interacted with a moist and unstable airmass originating from the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in widespread heavy rainfall, severe thunderstorms, and significant tornadoes over a four-day period.
Before and after satellite photos of Rolling Fork, Mississippi, tornado. Before photos were taken on Dec. 27, 2022. After photos were taken on March 26, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar ...
A water tower in Rolling Fork, destroyed by the March 24, 2023 tornado. 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 ...
A widespread, deadly, and historic [3] tornado outbreak affected large portions of the Midwestern, Southern and Eastern United States on March 31 and April 1, 2023, the result of an extratropical cyclone that also produced blizzard conditions in the Upper Midwest. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) issued a rare high risk for severe weather in ...
On average, 72% of all tornado-related fatalities occur in homes, 54% of which are in mobile homes, according to the National Weather Service. Someone in a mobile home is 15 to 20 times more ...
Greenfield, where storms were particularly severe, had tornadoes on the ground by 3:30 p.m. Around 4:50 p.m., severe weather had crossed the Des Moines metro and a damaging tornado touched down ...
List of confirmed tornadoes – Monday, April 3, 2023; EF# Location County / Parish State Start Coord. Time Path length Max width Summary EF1 S of Mendenhall: Simpson: MS: 09:37–09:46 4.6 mi (7.4 km) 430 yd (390 m)
Tornado outbreak sequence of June 14–19, 2023. A multi-day period of significant tornado and severe weather activity occurred across the Southern United States, Ohio Valley, and southern High Plains in mid-June 2023. Starting on June 14, tornadoes occurred in Texas, Alabama, and Georgia, where they caused large-scale damage to trees and ...
A public health crisis in and around the city of Jackson, Mississippi, began in late August 2022 after the Pearl River flooded due to severe storms in the state. The flooding caused the O. B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant, the city's largest water treatment facility, which was already running on backup pumps due to failures the month prior, to stop the treatment of drinking water indefinitely.