Editing Sharkey County, Mississippi (section)

==Historic Weather==
{{Further|1971 Inverness tornado|2023 Rolling Fork–Silver City tornado}}

On the afternoon of Sunday, February 21, 1971, a large and long-tracked [[1971 Inverness tornado|F5 tornado]] impacted areas of Sharkey County. On March 24, 2023, a high-end EF4 tornado hit the city of Rolling Fork with estimated wind speeds of 195&nbsp;mph (314kph), causing catastrophic damage throughout the community. The tornado was responsible for 17 fatalities and 165 injuries.<ref name="NWSJAN1">{{cite report |url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSJAN&e=202303280208 |title=NWS Damage Survey for March 24 tornado event |author=National Weather Service in Jackson, Mississippi |date=March 27, 2023 |publisher=Iowa Environmental Mesonet |access-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328020912/https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSJAN&e=202303280208 |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Will McDuffie|title=7 dead in 'destructive' Mississippi tornado, official says|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/7-dead-mississippi-tornado-official/story?id=98117564|publisher=ABC News|date=March 24, 2023|access-date=March 25, 2023|archive-date=March 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325115911/https://abcnews.go.com/US/7-dead-mississippi-tornado-official/story?id=98117564|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=May 4, 2023 |title=Mississippi death toll from March tornado climbs to 22 |work=[[AP News]] |url=https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-tornado-death-a6a9d3deebf01356d4851d5913b78fa3 |url-status=live |access-date=May 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505071714/https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-tornado-death-a6a9d3deebf01356d4851d5913b78fa3 |archive-date=May 5, 2023}}</ref>