Mar 3, 2008
An upper level low pressure system approached the Midsouth from Western Arkansas as a surface low tracked northeast from South Central Arkansas into the West Tennessee during the afternoon and early evening hours of March 3, 2008. Showers and thunderstorms developed over North Mississippi in association with the system. Some of the stronger storms produced flash flooding and damaging winds.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 86624). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Panola County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.