Rip Current, Guam
- When
- March 26, 4:00 PM SST to 4:30 PM SST
- Where
- Guam County, Tamuning
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Rip Current in Guam, March 26, 1999
High Surf was affecting the Marianas Islands on the 26th. A women nearly drowned at Ypao Beach near the Pacific Islands Club.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- 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.
High Surf was affecting the Marianas Islands on the 26th. A women nearly drowned at Ypao Beach near the Pacific Islands Club. Medic responded to a near drowning shortly after 1600. She received CPR, but remained in critical condition at Guam Memorial Hospital as of the night of the 26th.
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
- High Wind in North Dakota, March 26, 1999
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, March 26, 1999
- Strong Wind in South Dakota, March 26, 1999
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, March 26, 1999
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, March 26, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, March 26, 1999
- High Wind and Cold in Alaska, March 26 to 29, 1999
- Winter Storm in Virginia, March 26, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, March 26, 1999
- High Wind in California, March 26, 1999
- Winter Weather in South Carolina, March 26, 1999
- Winter Weather in Georgia, March 26, 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: 5688325.