Mar 8, 2012
A slow moving cold front pushed across the Missouri Bootheel during the afternoon of March 8, 2012. Showers and a few thunderstorms developed along and behind the front dumping a couple inches of rain across the area. Isolated flash flooding occurred as a result of the heavy rain.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 370019). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Pemiscot County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.