Guam, 1999

Flood in Guam, June 8, 1999

June 8, 1999 · NWS GUA · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The monsoon trough was located south of Guam. Heavy rain moved across Guam and resulted in small scale flooding across parts of the island.

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.

The monsoon trough was located south of Guam. Heavy rain moved across Guam and resulted in small scale flooding across parts of the island. At the National Weather Service office at Tiyan 0.43 of an inch of rain fell from midnight to 0400 with an additional 0.75 of an inch falling from 0400 to 1000. Minor flooding was reported in Merizo and Tumon by the local newspaper.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Guam

When
June 8, 9:00 AM SST to 2:00 PM SST
Where
Guam County, Countywide
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

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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: 5697307.