Waterspout, St. Thomas
- When
- February 24, 12:15 PM AST to 12:30 PM AST
- Where
- St. Thomas County, St. Thomas
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
Waterspout in U.S. Virgin Islands, February 24, 2000
A boat reported several waterspouts south of Vieques and between St. Thomas and Buck 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.
A boat reported several waterspouts south of Vieques and between St. Thomas and Buck island.
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, February 24 to 25, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, February 24 to 25, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, February 24, 2000
- Winter Storm in Idaho, February 24 to 25, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Texas, February 24, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, February 24, 2000
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, February 24, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 24, 2000
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 24 to 25, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 24 to 25, 2000
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, February 24 to 26, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 24 to 25, 2000
More
Every storm in U.S. Virgin Islands in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in U.S. Virgin Islands, February 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: 5132426.