High Surf, St. Croix
- When
- December 19, 9:15 PM AST to 9:40 PM AST
- Where
- St. Croix County, St. Croix
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
High Surf in U.S. Virgin Islands, December 19, 2000
A 34 foot sailboat ran into a reef about one half mile north of St. Croix.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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 34 foot sailboat ran into a reef about one half mile north of St. Croix. There were no injuries.
Event by event
1 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Surf
- Large waves breaking on the shore that caused damage, erosion or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Cold in North Carolina, December 19 to 20, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, December 19 to 20, 2000
- Winter Storm in Georgia, December 19, 2000
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- Winter Weather in New York, December 19 to 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, December 19 to 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 19 to 20, 2000
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, December 19, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, December 19 to 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 19, 2000
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, December 19, 2000
More
Every storm in U.S. Virgin Islands in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in U.S. Virgin Islands, December 2000
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: 5159857.