Waterspout, Humacao
- When
- August 27, 12:40 PM AST to 12:55 PM AST
- Where
- Humacao County, Fajardo
Waterspout in Puerto Rico, August 27, 1997
Coast Guard reported a waterspout off the coast of Fajardo.
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.
Coast Guard reported a waterspout off the coast of Fajardo.
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
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- Flash Flood and Hail in Arizona, August 27, 1997
- Funnel Clouds in Florida, August 27, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 27, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 27, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Arizona, August 27, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Montana, August 27, 1997
- Tornado in Maine, August 27, 1997
- Tornado in South Dakota, August 27, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, August 27, 1997
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, August 1997
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: 5622067.