Funnel Cloud in U.S. Virgin Islands, September 30, 1997

Name: Funnel Cloud in U.S. Virgin Islands, September 30, 1997
Start: 1997-09-30T16:50
End: 1997-09-30T17:05
Location: U.S. Virgin Islands

September 30, 1997 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.

Funnel Cloud, St. Thomas

When: September 30, 4:50 PM AST to 5:05 PM AST
Where: St. Thomas County, St. Thomas

A funnel cloud was reported one mile south of the air traffic control tower.

What these are

Funnel Cloud: A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in U.S. Virgin Islands in 1997 Every state in 1997 This day in weather history Warnings in U.S. Virgin Islands, September 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: 5627052.