Guam, 2000

Flood in Guam, December 23, 2000

December 23, 2000 · NWS GUA · 1 event in 1 county or zone

An Inverted trough brought heavy rain to Guam between 0200 and 1000. 07 inches of rain fell between midnight and 1000 at the National Weather Service Office at Tiyan.

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.

An Inverted trough brought heavy rain to Guam between 0200 and 1000. 1.07 inches of rain fell between midnight and 1000 at the National Weather Service Office at Tiyan. A wind gust of 45 mph was recorded at the Weather Office at 0715.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Guam

When
December 23, 2:00 AM SST to 10:00 AM 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

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: 5161937.