Rain just started falling in Northern Delaware about an hour ago (Noon EST). Light winds, but those are expected to increase in the coming hours. The cloud rotation was cool... East to West! That's a real cyclonic rotation! Good stuff. The Emergency Management folk have upgraded the amount of rain from 5-7 inches to 10+ inches. That's a lot of rain! The worst flooding will be in the 24 hours AFTER the storm. All that runoff has to get down the little streams (like the one behind my house - Christina Creek) into the main channels. We are expecting our little stream to crest somewhere around 9 feet or 2 feet over flood stage. That will close the road, but that's about all. I hope for the folks down stream of us that's all we get. Wilmington, DE has mandatory evacuations near the Christina River (the big part of our creek) and all along the White Clay and Red Clay rivers (those feed the Christina and ultimately the Delaware River & Bay). Monday will be a mess.

Good luck to my fellow East Coasters! Stay dry and safe!

Dave
WCCNovice