Waterspout, Carib Waters E Cst Pr Thru Usvi
- When
- January 12, 11:15 AM AST to 11:30 AM AST
- Where
- Carib Waters E Cst Pr Thru Usvi marine zone, Punta Tuna
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Waterspout in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, January 12, 2003
Two waterspouts were reported just off the Humacao and Naguabo coast.
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.
Two waterspouts were reported just off the Humacao and Naguabo coast.
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.
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5340117.