Strong Wind, Delaware Beaches / X E Sussex
- When
- March 7, 4:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Delaware Beaches / X E Sussex forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.683, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind in Delaware, March 7, 1999
A low pressure system moved from the Southern Plains the morning of the 5th, into northern Ohio the morning of the 6th, cut across northern Pennsylvania during the day on the 6th and reached Cape Cod the morning of the 7th. As the low intensified during the day on the 7th, the pressure difference between it and a high pressure system building into the region from the Great Lakes produced wind…
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 low pressure system moved from the Southern Plains the morning of the 5th, into northern Ohio the morning of the 6th, cut across northern Pennsylvania during the day on the 6th and reached Cape Cod the morning of the 7th. As the low intensified during the day on the 7th, the pressure difference between it and a high pressure system building into the region from the Great Lakes produced wind gusts of around 40 mph across Delaware. Peak wind gusts included 44 mph at the New Castle County Airport and 37 mph in Georgetown.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong Wind, Inland Sussex
- When
- March 7, 4:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Inland Sussex forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.683, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, Kent
- When
- March 7, 4:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Kent forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.096, -75.505 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind, New Castle
- When
- March 7, 4:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- New Castle forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.578, -75.639 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
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The same day elsewhere
- Strong Wind in New Hampshire, March 7, 1999
- Cold in Maine, March 7 to 9, 1999
- Strong Wind in New Jersey, March 7, 1999
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, March 7, 1999
- High Wind in Texas, March 7, 1999
- Strong Wind in Maryland, March 7, 1999
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 7 to 8, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 7 to 8, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, March 7 to 8, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, March 7, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, March 7, 1999
More
Every storm in Delaware in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Delaware, March 1999
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: 5691686, 5691687, 5691688, 5691689.