Lightning, Guam
- When
- August 1, 10:20 AM SST to 2:00 PM SST
- Where
- Guam County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Flood and Lightning Strike in Guam, August 1, 2000
Lightning damage caused power blackouts in parts of Maite, Tumon, Tamuning and Barrigada. The lightning began around 1030 am.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Lightning damage caused power blackouts in parts of Maite, Tumon, Tamuning and Barrigada. The lightning began around 1030 am. The thunderstorms formed over the island during the afternoon as a result of converging sea breeze winds. 2.05 inches of rain fell at the National Weather Service Office between 1000 and 1600.
Event by event
1 lightning, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Guam
- When
- August 1, 10:20 AM SST to 2:00 PM SST
- Where
- Guam County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- 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
- Heat in Texas, August 1 to 31, 2000
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 10, 2000
- Drought in Oklahoma, August 1 to 31, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 1 to 2, 2000
- Drought in Louisiana, August 1 to 31, 2000
- Heat in Kansas, August 1 to 31, 2000
- Wildfire in Montana, August 1 to 28, 2000
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 1, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 1, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, August 1, 2000
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 2000
More
Every storm in Guam in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Guam, August 2000
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: 5155685, 5155686.