Waterspout, St. John
- When
- August 8, 3:35 PM AST to 3:50 PM AST
- Where
- St. John County, St. John
Waterspout in U.S. Virgin Islands, August 8, 1997
A mariner reported a waterspout north of Tortola near Guano Island.
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 mariner reported a waterspout north of Tortola near Guano Island.
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
- Wildfire in California, August 8 to 16, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Nevada, August 8, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 8, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 8, 1997
- Funnel Clouds and Waterspout in Texas, August 8 to 29, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 8, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 8, 1997
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Texas, August 8 to 9, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 8, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 8, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Texas, August 8 to 9, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, August 8, 1997
More
Every storm in U.S. Virgin Islands in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in U.S. Virgin Islands, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5620212.