Two men were night fishing on the reef at Pago Bay. Some time between 2100 GST Nov 5th and 0200 GST on the 6th, the men were apparently swept into the water and drowned in the strong rip currents.
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.
The episode as NWS GUM wrote it up.
Two men were night fishing on the reef at Pago Bay. Some time between 2100 GST Nov 5th and 0200 GST on the 6th, the men were apparently swept into the water and drowned in the strong rip currents. On the morning of the 6th, one body was recovered on the beach, the other in the water.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Guam wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 5, 6:53 AM UTC, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 453 PM LST SUN NOV 5 2006 .SYNOPSIS...CIRCULATION NEAR POHNPEI WILL REACH THE MARIANAS BY TUESDAY. MONSOON TROUGH WILL REMAIN SOUTH. && .DISCUSSION...REMNANTS OF AN EXTENSION OF A SHEAR LINE IS SPITTING A LINE OF PASSING THUNDER SHOWERS. THESE SHOWERS WILL QUICKLY PASS AND GIVE WAY TO CLEAR SKIES CONTROLLED BY HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH. A COMBINATION OF FALLING PRESSURE TO THE SOUTH AND STRONG HIGH TO THE NORTH WILL TIGHTEN THE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND FRESHEN THE TRADE WINDS ACROSS THE MARIANAS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. A CIRCULATION NEAR POHNPEI WILL BE NEAR THE MARIANAS BY TUESDAY AND A WEAK POSITIVE VORTICITY WILL PROVIDE JUST ENOUGH LIFT TO ENHANCE SHOWERS. && .MARINE...IPAN BUOY SHOWS TOTAL SEAS RISING STEADILY BUT SLOWLY ABOVE 4 FEET WITH SHORT PERIODS. NWW3 MODEL DATA SUGGEST LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL GENERATE HIGH SURF ON SAIPAN AS EARLY AS MONDAY NIGHT AND ON GUAM BY TUE EVENING. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES STILL LOOK GOOD FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. && .FIRE WEATHER...HE KBDI HAS FARTHER RISEN AS LIMITED RAINFALL CONTINUES. THE DROUGHT INDEX VALUE IS NOW IN THE MODERATE FIRE DANGER CATEGORY. FUEL MOISTURES ARE STILL HIGH AND NIGHT TIME RECOVERIES OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXCELLENT. THE CURRENT KBDI IS 216. && GUM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GU...NONE. MARIANAS WATERS...NONE. && MUSONDA
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
Two men were night fishing on the reef at Pago Bay. Some time between 2100 GST Nov 5th and 0200 GST on the 6th, the men were apparently swept into the water and drowned in the strong currents. On the morning of the 6th, one body was recovered on the beach, the other in the water.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, Guam | 2006-11-05 | 63 | Male | In Water | Direct |
| Rip Current, Guam | 2006-11-05 | 40 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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