Rip Current, Guam
- When
- January 15, 6:00 AM SST to 6:15 AM SST
- Where
- Guam County, Agana
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Rip Current in Guam, January 15, 1999
During the morning of the 15th a 21 foot fishing boat was exiting the mouth of the Hagatna Boat Basin. It ran into trouble when it encountered rough surf and strong currents.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2,000
- 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.
During the morning of the 15th a 21 foot fishing boat was exiting the mouth of the Hagatna Boat Basin. It ran into trouble when it encountered rough surf and strong currents. It eventually capsized. At 0612 fire department dispatchers received a call and arrived six minutes later. Two people were aboard and had already been rescued by the crew of the Mamulan, a tourist fishing boat that had been following them.
Event by event
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Rip Current
- A narrow, fast current flowing away from the beach that caused a drowning or rescue.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 15 to 25, 1999
- Winter Storm in New York, January 15, 1999
- Strong Wind and Heavy Rain in Rhode Island, January 15, 1999
- Strong Wind and Heavy Rain in Massachusetts, January 15, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 15 to 16, 1999
- Winter Storm in New Jersey, January 15, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Connecticut, January 15, 1999
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, January 15, 1999
- Winter Weather in Virginia, January 15, 1999
- Winter Storm in New York, January 15, 1999
- Flash Flooding in New Jersey, January 15, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Utah, January 15 to 19, 1999
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: 5697295.