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Delaware Flood Stories

100 first-hand accounts of flood events in Delaware, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flash Flood

Sussex, DE · Sep 29, 2016

A slow moving frontal boundary coupled with tropical moisture advecting northward ahead of the front led to rounds of heavy showers in Delaware from the 27th into the next couple of days.

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Flood

Sussex, DE · Sep 29, 2016

A slow moving frontal boundary coupled with tropical moisture advecting northward ahead of the front led to rounds of heavy showers in Delaware from the 27th into the next couple of days.

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Flood

Sussex, DE · Sep 29, 2016

A slow moving frontal boundary coupled with tropical moisture advecting northward ahead of the front led to rounds of heavy showers in Delaware from the 27th into the next couple of days.

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Flood

New Castle, DE · Sep 30, 2016

A slow moving frontal boundary coupled with tropical moisture advecting northward ahead of the front led to rounds of heavy showers in Delaware from the 27th into the next couple of days.

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Flood

Sussex, DE · Sep 29, 2016

A slow moving frontal boundary coupled with tropical moisture advecting northward ahead of the front led to rounds of heavy showers in Delaware from the 27th into the next couple of days.

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Flood

Sussex, DE · Sep 29, 2016

A slow moving frontal boundary coupled with tropical moisture advecting northward ahead of the front led to rounds of heavy showers in Delaware from the 27th into the next couple of days.

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Flood

Sussex, DE · Sep 29, 2016

A slow moving frontal boundary coupled with tropical moisture advecting northward ahead of the front led to rounds of heavy showers in Delaware from the 27th into the next couple of days.

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Flood

Sussex, DE · Sep 29, 2016

A slow moving frontal boundary coupled with tropical moisture advecting northward ahead of the front led to rounds of heavy showers in Delaware from the 27th into the next couple of days.

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Flood

Sussex, DE · Sep 29, 2016

A slow moving frontal boundary coupled with tropical moisture advecting northward ahead of the front led to rounds of heavy showers in Delaware from the 27th into the next couple of days.

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Flood

Sussex, DE · Sep 29, 2016

A slow moving frontal boundary coupled with tropical moisture advecting northward ahead of the front led to rounds of heavy showers in Delaware from the 27th into the next couple of days.

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Flood

Kent, DE · Sep 29, 2016

A slow moving frontal boundary coupled with tropical moisture advecting northward ahead of the front led to rounds of heavy showers in Delaware from the 27th into the next couple of days.

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Flood

New Castle, DE · Sep 30, 2016

A slow moving frontal boundary coupled with tropical moisture advecting northward ahead of the front led to rounds of heavy showers in Delaware from the 27th into the next couple of days.

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Flood

Sussex, DE · Sep 29, 2016

A slow moving frontal boundary coupled with tropical moisture advecting northward ahead of the front led to rounds of heavy showers in Delaware from the 27th into the next couple of days.

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Flood

Sussex, DE · Sep 29, 2016

A slow moving frontal boundary coupled with tropical moisture advecting northward ahead of the front led to rounds of heavy showers in Delaware from the 27th into the next couple of days.

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Coastal Flood

Inland Sussex, DE · Oct 10, 2019

Slow moving low pressure centered well off the coasts of New Jersey and Delaware produced coastal flooding during several consecutive high tide cycles from October 9 through October 12.

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Coastal Flood

Delaware Beaches, DE · Oct 10, 2019

Slow moving low pressure centered well off the coasts of New Jersey and Delaware produced coastal flooding during several consecutive high tide cycles from October 9 through October 12.

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Coastal Flood

Inland Sussex, DE · Oct 11, 2019

Slow moving low pressure centered well off the coasts of New Jersey and Delaware produced coastal flooding during several consecutive high tide cycles from October 9 through October 12.

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Coastal Flood

Delaware Beaches, DE · Oct 11, 2019

Slow moving low pressure centered well off the coasts of New Jersey and Delaware produced coastal flooding during several consecutive high tide cycles from October 9 through October 12.

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Coastal Flood

Inland Sussex, DE · Oct 11, 2019

Slow moving low pressure centered well off the coasts of New Jersey and Delaware produced coastal flooding during several consecutive high tide cycles from October 9 through October 12.

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Coastal Flood

Delaware Beaches, DE · Oct 11, 2019

Slow moving low pressure centered well off the coasts of New Jersey and Delaware produced coastal flooding during several consecutive high tide cycles from October 9 through October 12.

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Flood

New Castle, DE · Feb 25, 2016

A strong low pressure system moving north through the Great Lakes region, combined with its associated warm front and cold front, copious amounts of moisture, and low level jet, produced strong to severe thunderstorms, heavy rain, flash flooding, and stream flooding in Delaware…

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Coastal Flood

Inland Sussex, DE · Oct 2, 2015

A persistent onshore flow caused periods of heavy rain, strong to high winds, beach erosion, and moderate tidal flooding to occur across Delaware from the 1st through the 4th. Strong winds and minor tidal flooding started with the daytime high tide cycle on the 1st.

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Coastal Flood

Kent, DE · Oct 2, 2015

A persistent onshore flow caused periods of heavy rain, strong to high winds, beach erosion, and moderate tidal flooding to occur across Delaware from the 1st through the 4th. Strong winds and minor tidal flooding started with the daytime high tide cycle on the 1st.

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Flash Flood

New Castle, DE · Jun 1, 2015

A nearly stationary frontal boundary and a low pressure system moving along it combined to develop thunderstorms that produced isolated damaging wind gusts as well as flash flooding in northern Delaware.

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