Guam, 2000

Lightning Strike in Guam, August 2, 2000

August 2, 2000 · NWS GUA · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Lightning damaged phone lines at the Agueda Johnston Middle School in Ordot. The thunderstorms formed over the island during the afternoon as a result of converging sea breeze winds.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$20,000
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.

Lightning damaged phone lines at the Agueda Johnston Middle School in Ordot. The thunderstorms formed over the island during the afternoon as a result of converging sea breeze winds.

Event by event

1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Guam

When
August 2, 12:00 PM SST to 2:00 PM SST
Where
Guam County, Central Portion
Property damage
$20,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER

What these are

Lightning
A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

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: 5155688.