Waterspout, Saipan
- When
- February 15, 12:16 PM SST to 12:28 PM SST
- Where
- Saipan County, Saipan Intl Airport
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Waterspout in Guam, February 15, 1999
On the 15th a waterspout was seen by the observer at the Saipan International Airport. He reported it southwest of the station from 1216 to 1228.
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 15th a waterspout was seen by the observer at the Saipan International Airport. He reported it southwest of the station from 1216 to 1228.
Event by event
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Waterspout
- A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
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: 5697304.