U.S. Virgin Islands, 2019

Tornado in U.S. Virgin Islands, July 25, 2019

July 25, 2019 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A tropical wave affected the area and resulted in numerous showers and thunderstorms.

Where it happened

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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.

A tropical wave affected the area and resulted in numerous showers and thunderstorms.

The radar

The San Juan radar (TJUA), 151 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:58 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, St. Croix

When
July 25, 9:57 AM AST
Where
St. Croix County, 4.32 mi E of St Croix
Rating
EF0
Path length
0.5 mi
Path width
5 yd
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
17.721, -64.715

Twister was spotted at Corn Hill, south of Christiansted. Reporter indicated very loud noise and debris suctioned by the twister. Torrential rainfall was observed at the time twister was spotted.

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in U.S. Virgin Islands in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for U.S. Virgin Islands, 2019Warnings in U.S. Virgin Islands, July 2019

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: 845569.