Flood, Delaware Beaches
- When
- September 25, 5:00 PM EST to September 26, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Delaware Beaches forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.683, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Delaware, September 25 to 26, 2000
The combination of spring tides near the new moon, a high pressure system over New England and a low pressure system over the Middle Atlantic States produced widespread minor tidal flooding during the times of high tide from the evening of the 25th through the evening of the 26th. The highest tides occurred during the morning of the 26th.
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
- 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.
The combination of spring tides near the new moon, a high pressure system over New England and a low pressure system over the Middle Atlantic States produced widespread minor tidal flooding during the times of high tide from the evening of the 25th through the evening of the 26th. The highest tides occurred during the morning of the 26th. The low pressure system traveled from the lower Tennessee Valley the morning of the 25th to just east of Wallops Island, Virginia the morning of the 26th. The onshore flow persisted for several tide cycles. By the evening of the 26th, the low was far enough offshore for winds to start backing to the northwest. The highest tide at Lewes was 7.1 feet above mean lower low water (a departure of 2.3 feet above normal) the morning of the 26th.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Inland Sussex
- When
- September 25, 5:00 PM EST to September 26, 9:00 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)
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, September 25, 2000
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, September 25, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, September 25, 2000
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, September 25 to 26, 2000
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, September 25, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Carolina, September 25, 2000
- Flooding in New Jersey, September 25 to 26, 2000
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, September 25 to 26, 2000
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, September 25, 2000
- Heavy Rain in Delaware, September 25 to 26, 2000
- Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, September 25 to 26, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 25, 2000
More
Every storm in Delaware in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Delaware, September 2000
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: 5156784, 5156785.