Heavy Rain, Sussex
- When
- October 18, 9:00 PM EST to October 19, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Sussex County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 38.683, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Delaware, October 18 to 19, 1996
Rain, heavy at times, fell across Delaware from the evening of the 18th through the morning of the 19th. m.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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.
Rain, heavy at times, fell across Delaware from the evening of the 18th through the morning of the 19th. The heaviest rain fell between midnight and 6 a.m. EDT on the 19th. Storm totals averaged one to two inches across much of the area. Heavier rain and flooding occurred in New Castle County. But farther south, some urban and poor drainage flooding occurred, but no serious flooding or damage was reported. A low pressure system developed near Norfolk during the late evening of the 18th. At 8 a.m. EDT on Saturday, it was located near Atlantic City. Tropical moisture associated with Hurricane Lili (Which was farther east in the Atlantic Ocean.) was ingested into this low and literally wrung out over Delaware. Representative storm totals included 3.40 inches in Newark, 1.89 inches in Lewes, 1.56 inches in Georgetown, 1.48 inches in Dover, 1.32 inches in Camden and 1.17 inches in Bridgeville.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in California, October 18 to November 10, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, October 18, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, October 18, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, October 18, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, October 18, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, October 18, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, October 18, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, October 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, October 18 to 19, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Virginia, October 18, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, October 18, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, October 18, 1996
More
Every storm in Delaware in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Delaware, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5577603.