Lightning, Guam
- When
- February 14, 9:30 PM SST
- Where
- Guam County, Central Portion
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Lightning Strike in Guam, February 14, 1999
A tropical disturbance, which eventually developed into Tropical Depression 02W was near Yap on the 14th. Showers associated with convergence into the tropical depression brought heavy rain across Guam.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- 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.
A tropical disturbance, which eventually developed into Tropical Depression 02W was near Yap on the 14th. Showers associated with convergence into the tropical depression brought heavy rain across Guam. A lightning strike from a thunderstorm associated with this rain area hit two main power lines in the Nimitz Hill Area. Since this line was a large transmission line it's loss caused an island wide power outage. Power was out from 2130 on the 14th until the morning of the 15th.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 5697303.