Waterspout, St. Croix
- When
- August 15, 6:10 PM AST to 6:25 PM AST
- Where
- St. Croix County, St. Croix
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
Waterspout in U.S. Virgin Islands, August 15, 1998
A waterspout was sighted north of Buck Island in St. Croix.
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 sighted north of Buck Island in St. Croix.
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
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, August 15 to 16, 1998
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, August 15 to 16, 1998
- Hail in South Dakota, August 15, 1998
- Wildfire in Oregon, August 15 to 16, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Nevada, August 15, 1998
- Hail in Montana, August 15, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 15, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Montana, August 15, 1998
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 15, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, August 15, 1998
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 15, 1998
More
Every storm in U.S. Virgin Islands in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in U.S. Virgin Islands, August 1998
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: 5663937.