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Rain and rivers in Delaware
- Expected rain: 0.5 in or more at its highest in Delaware, in WPC’s forecast for the 24 hours to . An amount for the area its contour covers, not a total for any one street.
- Rain that fell: 0.75 to 1 in at its highest in Delaware, in the 24 hours to , by MRMS’s radar estimate over a grid about 5 km across: a measurement of the past, not corrected to rain gauges.
- Rivers: 2 gauges in flood in Delaware, by NWS’s lists read . Minor flooding Murderkill River at Bowers Beach (IN MLLW), DE. Not flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast. Forecast issued · crest 7.2 ft at · below flood stage (6.6 ft) by : minor flooding. And 1 more. A gauge measures its river at that spot, not whether a road or a neighbourhood floods.
Three sources, each its own window. None is a chance of flash flooding, which is WPC’s outlook above; a flash flood is a warning’s. Gauges in the Live tracker
On the Briefing’s map
- Flash-flood risk WPC’s Excessive Rainfall Outlook: a chance, in four categories
- Expected rain WPC’s 24-hour rain forecast, in inches
- Rain that fell MRMS’s radar estimate for the past 24 or 72 hours
River, coastal and lake gauges in Delaware
Two gauges in flood in Delaware, observed or forecast. Choose one for its forecast hydrograph.
Minor flooding 2
- Forecast: minor flooding Murderkill River at Bowers Beach (IN MLLW), DENot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 7.2 ft at · below flood stage (6.6 ft) by : minor flooding
- Forecast: minor flooding Delaware Bay at Lewes (IN MLLW), DENot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 6.2 ft at · below flood stage (6 ft) by : minor flooding
A gauge measures its water at that one place. Flash flooding, which comes in hours from heavy rain, is in the warnings as Flash Flood Warnings; a river can be in flood with no rain falling.
Gauges observed checked · Data: NOAA/NWS
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Not an official warning service. Warnings and watches are the National Weather Service’s, outlooks and reports the Storm Prediction Center’s and the Weather Prediction Center’s (Data: NOAA/NWS, NOAA/SPC, NOAA/WPC). When a warning is issued for you, act on it, and use weather.gov or a NOAA Weather Radio for where you are.