Rip Current, Guam
- When
- February 12, 3:20 PM SST to 5:30 PM SST
- Where
- Guam County, Central Portion
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Rip Current in Guam, February 12, 2000
A swimmer was swept out to sea by strong currents off Haputo Beach in northern Guam at about 1520. He was pulled from the water at 1727 by a Coast Guard HC-5 helicopter.
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.
A swimmer was swept out to sea by strong currents off Haputo Beach in northern Guam at about 1520. He was pulled from the water at 1727 by a Coast Guard HC-5 helicopter. The swimmer, David Slagle, sustained some bruises.
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
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- Winter Storm in Virginia, February 12, 2000
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- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 12 to 13, 2000
- Heavy Snow in North Dakota, February 12, 2000
- Hail in Alabama, February 12, 2000
- Winter Storm in Maryland, February 12, 2000
- Winter Storm in Utah, February 12 to 13, 2000
- High Wind in Arizona, February 12, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, February 12, 2000
- High Wind in California, February 12, 2000
- Hail in Alabama, February 12, 2000
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: 5143865.