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Flash Flood — Sussex, DE

Aug 11, 2001

Property Damage
$1.1M

Slow moving thunderstorms with torrential rains inundated southwestern Sussex County during the late afternoon of the 11th. Doppler Radar storm total estimates reached 8.4 inches around Seaford. Aside from the far northeast and southeast part of the county, storm total estimates exceeded 3 inches in the rest of the county. The torrents led to flooding of streams and an eventual dam failure around midnight EDT on the 12th. About a dozen municipal streets were closed because of the flooding includ

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5268675). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Sussex, DE

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