Sharkey County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) officials confirmed that a single tornado touched down on Sunday, apparently damaging just one home.
Almost two years to the day that an EF-4 tornado ravaged the town of Rolling Fork, killing 17 and dealing billions of dollars in damage, another twister landed eerily close to the previous storm’s path. Thankfully, the tornado was much weaker – rated an EF-1 – and no one was injured.
According to Sharkey County EMA Deputy Director Natalie Perkins, the one home damaged by the storm was that of EMA Director Frank Eason, Perkins told WLBT.
“It tore the roof off part of the house, slammed his EMA truck, and damaged an outbuilding,” Perkins explained to the Jackson TV station. “Across the road, there’s nothing. It’s like it dropped down on top of it.”
The tornado touched down after 7 p.m. Sunday evening, dropping multiple trees and power lines. Perkins said Eason was not at home at the time. In fact, he was at a memorial service commemorating the 2023 tornado when his house was damaged.
2 years ago today the town of Rolling Fork took a direct hit from an EF-4 tornado with windspeeds up to 195 mph. This is the strongest tornado to impact Mississippi since the April 27, 2011 super outbreak. pic.twitter.com/oFH7Qxwzzk
— NWS Jackson MS (@NWSJacksonMS) March 24, 2025
Sunday’s severe weather was mild compared to 2023 and the storms that killed seven last week, which included another tornado that damaged 30 homes and buildings in Sharkey County, but it was another mark in what has become one of the busiest seasons in recent memory.
