Heavy Rain, New Castle
- When
- May 25, 7:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- New Castle County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 39.578, -75.639 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Delaware, May 25 to 26, 1997
A series of low pressure systems traveling west to east along a nearly stationary frontal boundary produced some locally heavy rain across the Delmarva Peninsula from the daylight hours on the 25th through the early morning of the 26th. Bands of heavier rain affected northern parts of the peninsula mainly on the 25th and southern parts of the peninsula during the late evening on the 25th and the…
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
- 3
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 series of low pressure systems traveling west to east along a nearly stationary frontal boundary produced some locally heavy rain across the Delmarva Peninsula from the daylight hours on the 25th through the early morning of the 26th. Bands of heavier rain affected northern parts of the peninsula mainly on the 25th and southern parts of the peninsula during the late evening on the 25th and the early morning on the 26th. Storm totals averaged 1 to 2 inches, with some locally higher amounts in Kent County. Representative totals included 3.68 inches at the Dover AFB, 3.5 inches in Camden, 1.90 inches in Bridgeville, 1.3 inches in Georgetown and 1.00 inch in Pennyhill.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Kent
- When
- May 25, 1:00 PM EST to May 26, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Kent County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 39.096, -75.505 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Sussex
- When
- May 25, 3:00 PM EST to May 26, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Sussex County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 38.683, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 25, 1997
- Tornado in Kansas, May 25, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, May 25, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, May 25, 1997
- Tornado in Maryland, May 25, 1997
- Tornado in Kansas, May 25, 1997
- Tornado in Kansas, May 25, 1997
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, May 25 to 26, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Virginia, May 25, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, May 25 to 26, 1997
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, May 25 to 26, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 25, 1997
More
Every storm in Delaware in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Delaware, May 1997
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: 5609073, 5609074, 5609075.