Flood, Guam
- When
- July 15, 11:00 AM SST to 2:00 PM SST
- Where
- Guam County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Flood and Lightning Strike in Guam, July 15, 2000
Inland showers and thunderstorms formed over Guam. Lightning from the thunderstorms caused power outages to northern and central portions of the island.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Inland showers and thunderstorms formed over Guam. Lightning from the thunderstorms caused power outages to northern and central portions of the island. The power was out for an hour an a half. The thunderstorms formed over the island during the afternoon as a result of converging sea breeze winds. 0.51 inches of rain fell at the National Weather Service Office between 1000 and 1600.
Event by event
1 flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Guam
- When
- July 15, 11:00 AM SST to 2:00 PM SST
- Where
- Guam County, Countywide
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
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.
- 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
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 15, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 15, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in New York, July 15 to 16, 2000
- Flash Flood in Florida, July 15, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 15, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 15, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Maryland, July 15, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Missouri, July 15, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Massachusetts, July 15, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Virginia, July 15, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 15, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 15, 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: 5155404, 5155405.