Rip Current, St. Croix
- When
- January 12, 1:40 PM AST to 1:45 PM AST
- Where
- St. Croix County, St. Croix
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Rip Current in U.S. Virgin Islands, January 12, 2001
A person drowned when he was pulled underwater along with another student by a riptide during a water safety class with nine other students. The other swimmer managed to swim out of the strong current but suffered lacerations.
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
- 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 person drowned when he was pulled underwater along with another student by a riptide during a water safety class with nine other students. The other swimmer managed to swim out of the strong current but suffered lacerations.
Event by event
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, St. Croix | 2001-01-12 | 18 | Male | In Water | Direct |
What these are
- Rip Current
- A narrow, fast current flowing away from the beach that caused a drowning or rescue.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Dense Fog in Kansas, January 12, 2001
- Dense Fog in Oklahoma, January 12, 2001
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, January 12, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Indiana, January 12, 2001
- Dense Fog in Texas, January 12, 2001
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, January 12 to 13, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, January 12, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 12, 2001
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, January 12, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 12, 2001
- Winter Storm in Arizona, January 12, 2001
- Winter Storm in Arizona, January 12, 2001
More
Every storm in U.S. Virgin Islands in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in U.S. Virgin Islands, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5229180.