Funnel Cloud, St. Thomas/St. John & Islands
- When
- January 13, 4:10 PM AST to 4:20 PM AST
- Where
- St. Thomas/St. John & Islands County, St. Thomas
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
Funnel Cloud in U.S. Virgin Islands, January 13, 2001
Virgin Island radio reported a funnel cloud about three miles south of St. Thomas.
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.
Virgin Island radio reported a funnel cloud about three miles south of St. Thomas.
Event by event
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Kansas, January 13, 2001
- Winter Weather in Iowa, January 13 to 14, 2001
- Winter Weather in Illinois, January 13 to 14, 2001
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 13 to 14, 2001
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 13, 2001
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 13, 2001
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, January 13 to 14, 2001
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 13, 2001
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 13, 2001
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, January 13 to 14, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, January 13 to 14, 2001
- Winter Weather in Missouri, January 13 to 14, 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: 5229179.