Coastal Flood, Delaware Beaches / X E Sussex
- When
- November 14, 6:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Delaware Beaches / X E Sussex forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.683, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Coastal Flood in Delaware, November 14, 1997
m. EST on the 14th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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 coastal storm or nor'easter developed along the South Carolina coast the morning of the 13th and moved slowly northeast and was about 75 miles east of Salisbury Maryland at 7 a.m. EST on the 14th. The low pressure system then accelerated and was well southeast of Nova Scotia on the morning of the 15th. This nor'easter unfortunately coincided with the full moon and spring tides and caused moderate tidal flooding during the morning high tide and minor tidal flooding during the evening high tide on the 14th as well as more beach erosion. The high tides Friday (the 14th) morning were only about 2 feet above normal. But the onshore flow coincided with relatively high astronomical tides (even by spring tide standards) and produced moderate tidal flooding. Tides reached 7.5 feet above mean low water at Lewes.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 coastal flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Coastal Flood, Inland Sussex
- When
- November 14, 6:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Inland Sussex forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.683, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Heavy Snow in New York, November 14, 1997
- Winter Storm in New York, November 14, 1997
- Winter Storm in Vermont, November 14 to 15, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, November 14 to 15, 1997
- Winter Storm in New York, November 14 to 15, 1997
- Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, November 14, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, November 14, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, November 14, 1997
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, November 14, 1997
- Winter Storm in Connecticut, November 14, 1997
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, November 14, 1997
- Winter Storm in New Hampshire, November 14 to 15, 1997
More
Every storm in Delaware in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Delaware, November 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5626476, 5626477.