Hurricane (Typhoon), Marshall Islands
- When
- May 4, 4:00 PM AST to May 11, 10:00 PM AST
- Where
- Marshall Islands County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Hurricane in Guam, May 4 to 11, 1997
Tropical Storm Kelly (04W) moved through the Guam Area of Responsibility from the 4th to the 11th. Kellywas only a tropical depression until the 8th.
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.
Tropical Storm Kelly (04W) moved through the Guam Area of Responsibility from the 4th to the 11th. Kellywas only a tropical depression until the 8th. It became a tropical storm while over the northern Marshall Islands. No damage was reported. Tropical Storm Marie (06W) was in the Guam Area of Responsibility from the 25th to to 31st. It was far fromany islands when it gained strength and as a result no damage was reported.
Event by event
1 hurricane (typhoon). Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hurricane (Typhoon)
- A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 64 knots (74 mph) or more, filed per forecast zone for its wind, and with separate events for its flooding, surge and tornadoes.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, May 4 to 17, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, May 4 to 5, 1997
- Flood in North Carolina, May 4, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 4, 1997
- High Wind in Montana, May 4, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, May 4, 1997
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 4, 1997
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 4, 1997
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 4, 1997
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 4, 1997
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 4, 1997
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 4, 1997
More
Every storm in Guam in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Guam, May 1997The 1997 hurricane season
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: 5624211.