Guam, 1999

Flood in Guam, August 8 to 9, 1999

August 8 to 9, 1999 · NWS GUA · 1 event in 1 county or zone

04 inches of rain to the National Weather Service Office at Tiyan between 2300 on August 8thand midnight on the 9th. Favorable upper level winds enhanced shower and thunderstorm activity across the Marianas Islands.

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.

Showers and thunderstorms brought 1.04 inches of rain to the National Weather Service Office at Tiyan between 2300 on August 8thand midnight on the 9th. Favorable upper level winds enhanced shower and thunderstorm activity across the Marianas Islands.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Guam

When
August 8, 11:00 PM SST to August 9, 12:00 AM SST
Where
Guam County, Central Portion
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

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

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: 5721547.