Flash Flood — St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

2024-05-08 · near St Thomas, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

$3K

Property damage

Event narrative

Runoff was flooding road RT-30 near the Cyril E. King Airport.

Wider weather episode

Saturated soils from the previous rainfall events enhanced the risk of flooding, as another mid to upper-level trough lingered across the region. With increased instability across the Northeast Caribbean, and as a surface high pressure migrated from the western to central Atlantic, moisture was pooled into the region, with total precipitable water values well above the climatological value for these dates. Sections of the Virgin Islands collected more than 5' in a couple of days.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1185028. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.