Flood, Guam
- When
- January 27, 9:30 PM PST to 11:30 PM PST
- Where
- Guam County, Barrigada
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Flood in Guam, January 27, 1997
On the 28th of January (Guam time) a shear line was draped across the Marianas Islands. It became quite active with heavy rain occurring over Guam.
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 GUA wrote it up.
On the 28th of January (Guam time) a shear line was draped across the Marianas Islands. It became quite active with heavy rain occurring over Guam. Thundershowers were reported in the early morning hours. Weather radar showed heavy showers moving across Guam. Some flooding was experienced in low lying areas.Tropical Storm Hannah (01W) moved through the Guam area of responsibility from January 11th to the 26th. It was a tropical disturbance most of the way, but became a tropical storm on the 19th. At the time it became a tropical storm it was 150 miles southeast of Ngulu. It moved west and gradually intensified. It's estimated peak winds were near 50 kt on the 20th when it was located 72 miles south of Ngulu. It weakened a bit to 45 kt and stayed that strength for a few days. It moved west and passed 105 miles north of Koror, Palau on the 21st. Since winds on the south side of the storm were weak no damage was reported in the Republic of Palau.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in Texas, January 27, 1997
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 27 to 28, 1997
- Winter Storm in Missouri, January 27, 1997
- Winter Storm in New York, January 27 to 28, 1997
- Winter Storm in Indiana, January 27, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, January 27, 1997
- Winter Storm in New York, January 27 to 28, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Missouri, January 27, 1997
- Tornado in Texas, January 27, 1997
- Cold in Nebraska, January 27, 1997
- Tornado in Texas, January 27, 1997
More
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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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5624207.