Puerto Rico, 2000

Waterspout in Puerto Rico, May 7, 2000

May 7, 2000 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Control Tower reported a waterspout four miles east of the San Juan Airport.

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.

Control Tower reported a waterspout four miles east of the San Juan Airport.

Event by event

1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.

Waterspout, San Juan

When
May 7, 7:45 AM AST to 7:55 AM AST
Where
San Juan County, San Juan
Reported by
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY

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

More

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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: 5147259.