Hurricane (Typhoon), Wake Island
- When
- September 19, 12:00 AM SST to September 21, 12:00 AM SST
- Where
- Wake Island forecast zone
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Minor damage to vegetation was reported.
Hurricane in Guam, September 19 to 21, 2000
A circulation developed on the monsoon trough just east of the dateline. This system persisted and it crossed the dateline on the 15th.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- 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.
A circulation developed on the monsoon trough just east of the dateline. This system persisted and it crossed the dateline on the 15th. On the 17th the system gained strength to become a tropical depression and then further intensified to Tropical Storm Shanshan later in the day. Shanshan became a typhoon on the 19th as it passed to the east of Wake Island. Maximum sustained winds observed on Wake Island was 45 mph with a maximum gust of 56 mph. Minor damage to street lights and vegetation was reported.
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
- Wildfire in Oklahoma, September 19, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 19, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, September 19, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 19, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Virginia, September 19, 2000
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Maryland, September 19, 2000
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, September 19, 2000
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in New Jersey, September 19, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, September 19, 2000
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, September 19, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, September 19, 2000
- Heavy Rain in New York, September 19, 2000
More
Every storm in Guam in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Guam, September 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: 5174291.