The images below show damage to homes and retail buildings along Walnut Street. Highway 61 runs vertically through the town. Before-and-after images of Rolling Fork, Miss.ĭamage to the town of Rolling Fork, Mississippi, is revealed in this interactive before-and after slider. In a preliminary survey, the weather service said the tornado had peak winds of 170 mph and was three quarters of a mile wide at one point.Ī preliminary survey concluded this tornado on Sunday was an EF-3, with 150 mph winds, that tracked 20.65 miles through Troup and Meriwether counties in west-central Georgia.Ī survey for this tornado that ripped through part of Milledgeville, Georgia on Sunday is planned for March 28. The tornado was on the ground in Mississippi for an hour and 10 minutes, beginning in northern Issaquena County and ending in northern Holmes County. These are among the tornadoes reported by the National Weather Service: At least 21 people were killed, and entire towns were destroyed.Įven as Mississippi and Alabama mourn their lost and assess the damage, the region was bracing for another round of storms in what has become a higher-than-average year for tornadoes: 296 had been reported as of Sunday.Ī visual overview of the weekend storms: Tornado outbreak The Rolling Fork tornado was among an outbreak of deadly twisters and severe weather that spanned several southeastern states. A devastating EF-4 tornado ripped nearly 60 miles across Mississippi on Friday night, decimating the small town of Rolling Fork and killing at least 13 people.
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