Rolling Fork tornado, 24 March 2023 — lightning-lit video still at 0:45Photo: Aaron Rigsby · Source. Still image; lossless WebP conversion.- Location
- Issaquena, Sharkey, Humphreys and Holmes counties, Mississippi
- Official rating
- EF4 Damage-based rating
- Local time · 24 March 2023
- 19:57–21:08 CDT (UTC−5)
- UTC
- 2023-03-25 00:57–02:08 UTC
- Time on the ground
- 71 minutes
- Track length
- 59.4 mi
- Maximum width
- 0.75 mi
- Survey wind estimate
- 195 mph
Event & radar context
The final NWS update of 6 June 2023 raised the estimated peak wind to 195 mph while retaining the EF4 damage rating. Earlier summaries give 170 mph. These are survey estimates, not winds directly measured by KDGX.
Interpreting the rating
F, EF and IF are different damage-rating scales. Original source labels are preserved. Badge colours group the numerical categories for browsing; they do not imply identical wind thresholds. Radar products do not directly establish the damage rating.
Event facts: NWS Jackson final survey, archived by Iowa Environmental Mesonet ↗