Funnel Cloud, St. Croix
- When
- June 24, 11:30 AM AST
- Where
- St. Croix County, St. Croix
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
A funnel cloud was reported several miles south of St. Croix.
Funnel Cloud in U.S. Virgin Islands, June 24, 2004
1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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 forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS San Juan, PR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 24, 5:30 AM AST, 6 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 5:30 AM AST, 6 hours before
PUERTO RICO AND U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 530 AM AST THU JUN 24 2004 .DISCUSSION...EXPECT A GENERALLY FAIR AND MAINLY DRY WEATHER PATTERN TO CONTINUE LOCALLY FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MID TO UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN THE DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE LOCALLY THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY FRIDAY. INVERTED 250 TUTT AND LOWER LEVEL REFLECTIONS WILL APPROACH THE LOCAL AREA FRIDAY AND THESE SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY... FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT TROPICAL WAVE...WHICH SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. TUTT WILL NOT HAVE MUCH MOISTURE TO WORK WITH INITIALLY...BUT GFS DOES SHOW A BIT OF A MOIST SURGE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CARIBBEAN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...ONCE TUTT AXIS MOVES OVER HISPANIOLA. THEN BRIEF DRYING AGAIN MIDDAY SUNDAY...FOLLOWED BY MOISTURE FROM TROPICAL WAVE FOR LATE SUNDAY...SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. SO...STILL EXPECT HIGH PRESSURE...A RELATIVELY DRY AND STABLE AIR MASS...MORE HAZE (AFRICAN DUST) AND BREEZY CONDITIONS TO ENCOMPASS THE LOCAL AREA FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. WE WILL STILL HAVE DIURNALLY/NOCTURNALLY INDUCED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO TO DEAL WITH...BUT ALL IN ALL...STILL LOOKS LIKE SOME PRETTY DECENT WEATHER. && .MARINE...A MODERATE TO FRESH WIND FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. SEAS MOSTLY 6 FEET OR LESS THROUGH THE PERIOD. HAVE A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC OFF SHORE WATERS AND ALL OF THE LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS AND A PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENT FOR THE ATLANTIC NEAR SHORE WATERS FOR TODAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SJU 89 77 89 77 / 0 20 20 40 STT 88 78 88 78 / 20 20 20 40 && .SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PR...SCA AMZ710-730-740. VI...SCA AMZ710-730. && SEELEY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 6:00 AM AST, 5 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 600 AM AST THU JUN 24 2004 PRZ001>013-AMZ710>750-251000- 600 AM AST THU JUN 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO. .TODAY AND TONIGHT... HIGH PRESSURE AT ALL LEVELS...AND VERY DRY STABLE AIR WILL DOMINATE OUR WEATHER THROUGH TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WEST AND WESTERN INTERIOR OF PUERTO RICO THIS AFTERNOON...TO PRODUCE BRIEF MODERATE RAINFALL. ISOLATED URBAN FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF ACTIVATE IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...NEXT TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. VIZ001-002-AMZ710>730-251000- 600 AM AST THU JUN 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. .TODAY AND TONIGHT... HIGH PRESSURE AT ALL LEVELS...AND VERY DRY STABLE AIR WILL DOMINATE OUR WEATHER THROUGH TONIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...NEXT TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AT (ALL LOWERCASE LETTERS): HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU.
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
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5406566.