Lightning in U.S. Virgin Islands
Every lightning event the National Weather Service has filed in U.S. Virgin Islands, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
The most significant on the map
The most significant lightning episodes in U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 4
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $62,000
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Lightning Strike in U.S. Virgin Islands, September 21, 2003Lightning struck and killed one person and injured another at the Gordon Finch Molasses Pier on the south shore while loading a boat onto a trailer. Thunderstoms left several Saint Croix neigborhoods without power.
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in U.S. Virgin Islands, November 10, 2010Trailing moisture associated with tropical storm Tomas produced some squally weather with gusty winds and periods of moderate to heavy rainfall across the Caribbean waters in association with the outer bands of Tomas.
- Flood and Lightning Strike in U.S. Virgin Islands, May 23, 2005Thunderstorms moved across the the middle and eastern half of St Croix. A stronger cell was reported moving inland near Salt River. Lightning struck the St. John Episcopal Church in Christiansted and demolished half of the steeple on top of the facade.
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in U.S. Virgin Islands, October 19 to 20, 2006A surface low pressure system that lingered around to the Northwest of the U.S. Virgin Islands combined with a mid to upper level trough. The outcome of these systems as they interacted with very moist unstable air and local effects as usual was heavy rain and flooding.
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Lightning everywhereEvery kind of event in U.S. Virgin Islands
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.