Coastal Flood, Delaware Beaches
- When
- December 8, 3:00 AM EST to 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Delaware Beaches forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.683, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Coastal Flood in Delaware, December 8, 1996
A low pressure system developed over South Carolina and Georgia the morning of the 7th and moved quickly northeast passing over the Delmarva Peninsula during the late afternoon of the 7th, just east of the New Jersey during the evening of the 7th and near Portland, Maine on the morning of the 8th. The onshore flow accompanying the low pressure system kept the tide from receding overnight and the…
Where it happened
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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 low pressure system developed over South Carolina and Georgia the morning of the 7th and moved quickly northeast passing over the Delmarva Peninsula during the late afternoon of the 7th, just east of the New Jersey during the evening of the 7th and near Portland, Maine on the morning of the 8th. The onshore flow accompanying the low pressure system kept the tide from receding overnight and the ensuing high tide the morning of the 8th was about 2 feet above normal. This caused some minor tidal flooding. No significant damage was reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 coastal flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Coastal Flood
- Flooding of coastal land by the sea, from storm surge, onshore wind or high tides.
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The same day elsewhere
- Cold in South Dakota, December 8, 1996
- Coastal Flood in New Jersey, December 8, 1996
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, December 8, 1996
- Winter Storm in New York, December 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, December 8 to 9, 1996
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 8 to 9, 1996
- Winter Storm in Connecticut, December 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 8 to 9, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 8, 1996
- High Wind in Wyoming, December 8, 1996
- Flood in New Jersey, December 8, 1996
More
Every storm in Delaware in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Delaware, December 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: 5577411.