Heavy Rain, New Castle
- When
- September 3, 4:00 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- New Castle County, (Ilg)wilmington Arpt
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.578, -75.639 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Delaware, September 3, 2000
Thunderstorms with heavy rain caused poor drainage flooding in and around The New Castle County Airport. m.
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
- 1
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.
Thunderstorms with heavy rain caused poor drainage flooding in and around The New Castle County Airport. At the airport, 1.69 inches of rain fell within an hour and the storm total reached 2.82 inches, most of which fell between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. EDT. This was a localized event, in nearby Wilmington, only 0.14 inches fell.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Missouri, September 3, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, September 3, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, September 3, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Florida, September 3, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 3, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, September 3, 2000
- Lightning Strike in New York, September 3, 2000
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Maryland, September 3, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, September 3, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, September 3, 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: 5156759.