Guam, 2000

Flood in Guam, July 12, 2000

July 12, 2000 · NWS GUA · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Heavy rain and showers develop over parts of Guam in the afternoon. Radar showed rainfall estimates of three inches in Dededo and near Apra Harbor.

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.

Heavy rain and showers develop over parts of Guam in the afternoon. Radar showed rainfall estimates of three inches in Dededo and near Apra Harbor. Only 0.48 inches of rain fell at the National Weather Service Office between 1000 and 1600. The thunderstorms formed over the island during the afternoon as a result of converging sea breeze winds.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Guam

When
July 12, 12:30 PM SST to 3:00 PM 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

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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: 5155402.