Lightning, Guam
- When
- June 18, 11:00 AM SST to 2:00 PM SST
- Where
- Guam County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Lightning Strike in Guam, June 18, 2000
Lightning struck the cross atop St. Jude Catholic Church in Sinajana shortly after 11 am.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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.
Lightning struck the cross atop St. Jude Catholic Church in Sinajana shortly after 11 am. The lightning struck the top, right portion of the concrete cross, breaking off a big chuck. A few large chunks of the cement landed on the lawn and steps in front of the church. In addition to the cross, the lightning caused electrical shorts, plumbing problems and damaged phone lines in the church and rectory.Lightning also caused damage at a radio station (Hit Radio 100). The lightning damaged three out of four FM receivers and the stations internal electrical network. Reports were also received about lightning damage to a few computer modems at private residences. The thunderstorms formed over the island during the afternoon as a result of converging sea breeze winds. Favorable upper level divergence caused by an upper low to the east of the island also aided in the formation of the thunderstorms.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 18, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 18, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 18, 2000
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 18 to 20, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 18, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 18, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, June 18, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 18, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Indiana, June 18, 2000
- Hail in Wisconsin, June 18, 2000
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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: 5155400.