U.S. Virgin Islands, 2000

Flooding in U.S. Virgin Islands, February 23, 2000

February 23, 2000 · NWS SJU · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Heavy rains caused flooding in low and poor drainage areas across St. Thomas and St.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 caused flooding in low and poor drainage areas across St. Thomas and St. john.

Event by event

2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, St. Thomas

When
February 23, 11:00 AM AST to 1:00 PM AST
Where
St. Thomas County, St. Thomas
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER

Flood, St. John

When
February 23, 11:00 AM AST to 1:00 PM AST
Where
St. John County, St. John
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER

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

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: 5132423, 5132424.