U.S. Virgin Islands, 2019

Flash Flood in U.S. Virgin Islands, May 1 to 2, 2019

May 1 to 2, 2019 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The combination of a abundant low to mid-level moisture and a strong upper-level trough created a favorable environment for the generation of organized shower and thunderstorm activity, which affected Saint Croix.

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.

The combination of a abundant low to mid-level moisture and a strong upper-level trough created a favorable environment for the generation of organized shower and thunderstorm activity, which affected Saint Croix.

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 1, 8:42 PM AST, 18 minutes before
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The radar

The San Juan radar (TJUA), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:59 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, St. Croix

When
May 1, 9:00 PM AST to May 2, 12:15 AM AST
Where
St. Croix County, 3.11 mi WSW of St Croix to 3.24 mi SSW of St Croix
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
911 Call Center
Coordinates
17.706, -64.820

Flooding was reported along the Melvin H. Evans Highway just north of the Henry E. Rohlson International Airport. Highway was impassable.

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in U.S. Virgin Islands in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in U.S. Virgin Islands, May 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 826828.