Hurricane (Typhoon), Guam
- When
- July 4, 12:00 AM SST to 11:00 PM SST
- Where
- Guam forecast zone
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Hurricane in Guam, July 4, 2000
The Coast Guard was notified that a German ship was in distress 700 miles northwest of Guam. The 317 foot cargo vessel Southern Ameliar II with a crew of 19, was on its maiden voyage from Shanghai to Oregon.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $500,000
- 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.
The Coast Guard was notified that a German ship was in distress 700 miles northwest of Guam. The 317 foot cargo vessel Southern Ameliar II with a crew of 19, was on its maiden voyage from Shanghai to Oregon. It received damage after passing through Typhoon Kirogi. The crew decided to board a lifeboat and abandon ship three hours after a total loss of power and failure of the ships main engines. The storm also damaged one of the ship's two cargo cranes, which smashed into the ship's forward hold. The ship's rudder was also damaged. The cargo was not damaged.
Event by event
1 hurricane (typhoon). Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hurricane (Typhoon)
- A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 64 knots (74 mph) or more, filed per forecast zone for its wind, and with separate events for its flooding, surge and tornadoes.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Texas, July 4, 2000
- Heat in Texas, July 4, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Maine, July 4, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 4, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 4, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, July 4, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 4, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Maine, July 4, 2000
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 4, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Indiana, July 4, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 4, 2000
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 4 to 5, 2000
More
Every storm in Guam in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Guam, July 2000The 2000 hurricane season
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: 5155401.