Guam, 2000

Waterspout in Guam, July 23, 2000

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

Waterspout observed by an off-duty NWS Employee from his residence at Naval Hospital in Agana Heights. The waterspout wasto the north of the observer over Agana Bay from 1700 to 1730.

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 by an off-duty NWS Employee from his residence at Naval Hospital in Agana Heights. The waterspout wasto the north of the observer over Agana Bay from 1700 to 1730.

Event by event

1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.

Waterspout, Guam

When
July 23, 5:00 PM SST to 5:30 PM SST
Where
Guam County, Central Portion
Reported by
NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)

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

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: 5155410.