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Flash Flood — New Castle, DE

Sep 15, 2003

Remnant moisture from Tropical Storm Henri produced copious amounts of rain during the early morning of the 15th across northern New Castle County and hit Mill Creek Hundred in the northwest part of the county the hardest. Thunderstorms with torrential downpours moved from south to north across the same areas and produced one to ten inches of rain across the region with the heaviest amounts around Hockessin. The worst flood damage occurred in the Glenville area of Mill Creek Hundred where 194 ho

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5371967). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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