Flood, Guam
- When
- July 10, 4:00 PM SST to July 11, 12:00 AM SST
- Where
- Guam County, Central Portion
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Flood in Guam, July 10 to 11, 1997
85 inches being recored at the Tiyan Weather Office. Super Typhoon Rosie (10W) moved through the Guam Area of Responsibility from the 15th to the 24th.
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.
Heavy rain fell across Guam onthe 10th, with a daily total of 2.85 inches being recored at the Tiyan Weather Office. 2.69 inches fell from 160 to midnight.Super Typhoon Rosie (10W) moved through the Guam Area of Responsibility from the 15th to the 24th. It was a tropical depression from the 15th to the 19th, a tropical storm from the 19th to the 21st. It became a typhoon on the 21st. The storm stayed out over open ocean and as a result no damage was reported.Typhoon Tina (12W) formed on the 21st near 4.3N 152.3E. It was a tropical depression until the 30th. Tina remained a tropical storm through the end of the month. The storm stayed out over the open ocean causing no reported damage. Tina became a typhoon on August the 3rd.
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
- Heavy Rain in Nebraska, July 10, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 10, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, July 10, 1997
- Hail in Utah, July 10, 1997
- Lightning Strikes in Florida, July 10, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, July 10, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, July 10, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 10, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 10, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 10, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 10, 1997
- Heavy Rain in New Mexico, July 10, 1997
More
Every storm in Guam in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Guam, July 1997
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: 5623670.