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. Numerous occurrences of both nuisance and flash flooding were also reported, a main example being water damage to a building in Denton. Quite a few weekend events were moved or postponed including high school football games, a local music festival, craft fair, A NASCAR race and a town festival. Several trees we
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 655640). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in New Castle County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.