Coastal Flood, Delaware Beaches
- When
- March 19, 5:00 PM EST to March 20, 10:00 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, March 19 to 20, 1996
A strong onshore flow caused by a deepening low pressure system over the Central Appalachians coupled with high astronomical tides caused minor to locally moderate coastal flooding the evening of the 19th and minor coastal flooding mainly in some of the inlets on the morning of the 20th. Tides were about 3 feet above normal.
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 strong onshore flow caused by a deepening low pressure system over the Central Appalachians coupled with high astronomical tides caused minor to locally moderate coastal flooding the evening of the 19th and minor coastal flooding mainly in some of the inlets on the morning of the 20th. Tides were about 3 feet above normal. The high tide at Indian River Inlet the evening of the 19th was about 6 feet above mean low water. 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Ohio, March 19 to 21, 1996
- Winter Storm in Illinois, March 19 to 20, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, March 19 to 21, 1996
- High Wind in Maryland, March 19, 1996
- High Wind in New York, March 19 to 20, 1996
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, March 19 to 20, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Indiana, March 19 to 20, 1996
- High Wind in New York, March 19 to 20, 1996
- High Wind in Vermont, March 19 to 20, 1996
- High Wind in New Jersey, March 19, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, March 19 to 20, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, March 19, 1996
More
Every storm in Delaware in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Delaware, March 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: 5552733.