Waterspout, Humacao
- When
- February 23, 4:21 PM AST to 5:00 PM AST
- Where
- Humacao County, Ceiba
Waterspout in Puerto Rico, February 23, 1996
A WATERSPOUT WAS OBSERVED NORTHEAST OF ROOSEVELT ROADS NAVAL BASE IN NORTHEAST PUERTO RICO.
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 SJU wrote it up.
A WATERSPOUT WAS OBSERVED NORTHEAST OF ROOSEVELT ROADS NAVAL BASE IN NORTHEAST PUERTO RICO.
Event by event
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Waterspout
- A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Alabama, February 23 to 27, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, February 23, 1996
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, February 23, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, February 23 to 25, 1996
- Heat in Georgia, February 23 to 27, 1996
- High Wind in Colorado, February 23, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, February 23 to 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 23 to 24, 1996
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 23 to 24, 1996
- High Wind in Wyoming, February 23, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 23 to 24, 1996
- Winter Storm in Alaska, February 23 to 24, 1996
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, February 1996
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: 5566793.