Waterspout, Culebra
- When
- September 16, 12:20 PM AST to 12:35 PM AST
- Where
- Culebra County, Culebra
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Waterspout in Puerto Rico, September 16, 2001
Emergency Managers reported three waterspouts in the vicinity of Culebra. Two of these waterspouts moved inland and dissipated shortly after.
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.
Emergency Managers reported three waterspouts in the vicinity of Culebra. Two of these waterspouts moved inland and dissipated shortly after. These waterspouts affected a small boat.
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
- Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, September 16, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, September 16, 2001
- Wildfire in California, September 16, 2001
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Kansas, September 16, 2001
- Rip Current in California, September 16 to 17, 2001
- High Surf in Hawaii, September 16 to 17, 2001
- Hail in Colorado, September 16, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, September 16, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Kansas, September 16, 2001
- Flood in Hawaii, September 16, 2001
- Tornado in Arizona, September 16, 2001
- Tornado in Arizona, September 16, 2001
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, September 2001
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: 5269118.