M. Walthall Jackson

During the early afternoon hours of Saturday, March 15, 2025, a large, violent, and deadly EF4 tornado devastated areas in and around the Mississippi communities of Tylertown, Salem, Society Hill, and Carson, causing severe damage in multiple areas. Over the course of 1 hour and 20 minutes, the tornado, sometimes known as either the Kentwood–Carson tornado or informally the Kentwood, LA to Darbun, MS Tornado by the National Weather Service (NWS), killed six people and injured at least ten along a path 67.16 miles (108.08 km) long. It was part of a larger tornado outbreak spanning from March 13–16, 2025, and the third of eight tornadoes to be rated EF4/F4 or higher during the year of 2025, with the NWS offices in New Orleans/Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Jackson, Mississippi observing that the tornado attained maximum winds of 170 mph (270 km/h), giving it a rating of low-end EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita scale.