Flood, New Castle
- When
- January 19, 7:00 PM EST to January 20, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- New Castle forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.578, -75.639 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Delaware, January 19 to 20, 1996
While the small stream and roadway flooding subsided during the early evening of the 19th, the major rivers and streams remained above flood stage throughout the night. m.
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.
While the small stream and roadway flooding subsided during the early evening of the 19th, the major rivers and streams remained above flood stage throughout the night. The Christina River at Cooch's Bridge crested at 11.8 feet at 6 p.m. on the 19th. Flood stage is 9 feet. It was back within its banks around 3 a.m. on the 20th. The White Clay Creek at Delaware Park in Newark reached its flood stage of 13 feet around 11 a.m. on the 19th, crested at 15.9 feet at 11 p.m. on the 19th and was back within its banks at noon on the 20th. The Brandywine Creek in Wilmington crested at 12.72 feet at 4 a.m. on the 20th. Flood stage is 11 feet. The Red Clay Creek at Woodale crested at 8.98 feet at 7 p.m. on the 19th. Flood stage is 5.5 feet.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in New York, January 19 to 20, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, January 19, 1996
- Flooding in Virginia, January 19 to 22, 1996
- Flooding in Pennsylvania, January 19 to 21, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, January 19, 1996
- Flood in New York, January 19 to 20, 1996
- Flooding in Vermont, January 19 to 20, 1996
- Flooding in New York, January 19 to 20, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, January 19 to 20, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, January 19, 1996
- Flooding in Maryland, January 19 to 22, 1996
- Flooding in West Virginia, January 19 to 21, 1996
More
Every storm in Delaware in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Delaware, January 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: 5543068.