High Wind, Delaware Beaches / X E Sussex
- When
- January 11, 11:00 AM EST to 12:30 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)
High Wind in Delaware, January 11, 2000
A strong cold front produced wind gusts to around 50 mph as it pushed through the state around Noon EST on the 11th. Peak wind gusts included 51 mph at the New Castle County Airport, 43 mph at the Dover AFB and 36 mph in Georgetown.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 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 strong cold front produced wind gusts to around 50 mph as it pushed through the state around Noon EST on the 11th. Peak wind gusts included 51 mph at the New Castle County Airport, 43 mph at the Dover AFB and 36 mph in Georgetown.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Inland Sussex
- When
- January 11, 11:00 AM EST to 12:30 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)
High Wind, Kent
- When
- January 11, 11:00 AM EST to 12:30 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)
High Wind, New Castle
- When
- January 11, 11:00 AM EST to 12:30 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
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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More
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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: 5129572, 5129573, 5129574, 5129575.