Flash Flood, New Castle
- When
- April 1, 8:10 PM EST to April 2, 2:40 AM EST
- Where
- New Castle County, Northern
- Coordinates
- 39.578, -75.639 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Delaware, April 1 to 2, 1996
A slow moving cold front and a separate low pressure system that moved off the Middle Atlantic Coast combined to produce heavy rain. m.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
A slow moving cold front and a separate low pressure system that moved off the Middle Atlantic Coast combined to produce heavy rain. About 1.50 inches of rain fell in a basinwide average across the Christina River; the heaviest occurred between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. on the 1st. The heavy rain pushed the Christina out of its banks a little after 8 p.m.. It crested at 10.6 feet at 1115 p.m. (Flood Stage is 9 feet.) and was back within bankfull by 3 a.m. on the 2nd. No serious injuries or damage were reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Drought in Texas, April 1 to 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in California, April 1, 1996
- Damaging Wind in California, April 1, 1996
- Drought in Texas, April 1 to 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in California, April 1, 1996
- Drought in Texas, April 1 to 30, 1996
- Drought in Texas, April 1 to 30, 1996
- Drought in New Mexico, April 1 to 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in California, April 1, 1996
- Damaging Wind in California, April 1, 1996
- Tornado in California, April 1, 1996
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, April 1 to 2, 1996
More
Every storm in Delaware in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Delaware, April 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5561084.