High Surf, St. Croix
- When
- March 8, 8:30 PM AST
- Where
- St. Croix forecast zone
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- Newspaper
Three men were thrown overboard after a 14 foot boat capsized three miles off the Saint Croix south shore.
High Surf in U.S. Virgin Islands, March 8, 2010
A cold front moved southward across the local waters and generated moderate northerly swells and locally strong northerly winds that affected the Atlantic waters and the Caribbean passages, resulting in rough and hazardous sea conditions.
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- 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.
A cold front moved southward across the local waters and generated moderate northerly swells and locally strong northerly winds that affected the Atlantic waters and the Caribbean passages, resulting in rough and hazardous sea conditions.
Event by event
1 high surf. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Surf, St. Croix | 2010-03-08 | 36 | Male | In Water | Direct |
| High Surf, St. Croix | 2010-03-08 | 39 | Male | In Water | Direct |
What these are
- High Surf
- Large waves breaking on the shore that caused damage, erosion or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, March 8, 2010
- Debris Flow in Colorado, March 8, 2010
- Flooding in Nebraska, March 8 to 15, 2010
- Tornado in California, March 8, 2010
- Damaging Wind and High Wind in Texas, March 8, 2010
- High Wind and Frost and Freeze in California, March 8 to 11, 2010
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 8 to 9, 2010
- Wildfire in Alabama, March 8, 2010
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, March 8 to 12, 2010
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, March 8 to 9, 2010
- Dense Fog in Minnesota, March 8 to 13, 2010
- High Wind in Texas, March 8 to 10, 2010
More
Every storm in U.S. Virgin Islands in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in U.S. Virgin Islands, March 2010
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: 221616.