Flood, St. Croix
- When
- December 4, 5:00 PM AST to 7:00 PM AST
- Where
- St. Croix County, St. Croix
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Flood in U.S. Virgin Islands, December 4, 1998
Heavy rains produce street flooding across most of the 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.
Heavy rains produce street flooding across most of the island.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Texas, December 4 to 11, 1998
- Winter Storm in Utah, December 4, 1998
- Dense Fog in Florida, December 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 4, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 4 to 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, December 4 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in North Dakota, December 4, 1998
- High Surf in California, December 4 to 5, 1998
- Heat in Arkansas, December 4 to 5, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, December 4, 1998
- Cold in California, December 4, 1998
- Heat in Rhode Island, December 4, 1998
More
Every storm in U.S. Virgin Islands in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in U.S. Virgin Islands, December 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5674165.