Waterspout, Wake Island
- When
- August 8, 6:50 AM SST to 7:00 AM SST
- Where
- Wake Island County, Wake Island
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
Waterspout in Guam, August 8, 2000
Waterspout observed from Wake Island to the east of the station
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.
Waterspout observed from Wake Island to the east of the station
Event by event
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Waterspout
- A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flood in Kentucky, August 8, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 8, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Kentucky, August 8, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strike in North Dakota, August 8, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 8, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 8, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 8, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 8, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 8, 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: 5155692.