Rip Current, Guam
- When
- March 7, 10:30 AM GST to 10:50 AM GST
- Where
- Guam forecast zone
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
Rip Current in Guam, March 7, 2008
A fisherman in the water off Bear Rock on the southeast shore of Guam near Inarajan was apparently overcome by strong currents and drowned.
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 GUM wrote it up.
A fisherman in the water off Bear Rock on the southeast shore of Guam near Inarajan was apparently overcome by strong currents and drowned.
What forecasters said that day
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 Mar 6, 8:01 PM UTC, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 8:01 PM UTC, 4 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU 601 AM CHST FRI MAR 7 2008 .SYNOPSIS... PGUA WSR-88D SHOWS A SHEAR LINE BETWEEN GUAM AND ROTA. SCATTERED SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHEAR LINE ARE COVERING MOST OF THE INHABITED ISLANDS IN THE CNMI. && .DISCUSSION... SHEAR LINE IS ALREADY SOUTH OF ITS MODEL POSITION. GENERAL IDEA THEREFORE IS JUST TO COMBINE THE MARIANAS FOR TODAY AND ASSIGN SHEAR LINE TYPE WEATHER TO ALL OF THEM. ALSO INCREASED THE CLOUDS FOR TONIGHT...AS MY GUT FEELING IS THE SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL ALSO END UP GETTING EXTENDED FOR THE NEW PACKAGE TONIGHT. WHETHER THE SATURDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL BE DUE TO THE TRADE-WIND DISTURBANCE OR TO THE SHEAR LINE WILL REMAIN TO BE SEEN. ALSO REFRESHED THE WINDS BECAUSE THEY SEEM TO BE TRENDED DOWN A BIT. OTHERWISE PACKAGE WAS IN FINE SHAPE SO LEFT IT ALONE. && .MARINE... WAVEWATCH 3 MODEL SEEMS TO BE TRENDING DOWN A BIT...AND LATEST RUN OF GFS40 TRENDED WINDS DOWN A BIT TOO. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NEXT WEEK IS STILL A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY BUT NO LONGER SEEMS ASSURED. && .EASTERN MICRONESIA... TRADE-WIND REGIME WILL PERSIST DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD. AGREED WITH THE PAST DISCUSSION TO ANTICIPATE UNSTABLE WEATHER OVER KOSRAE AND POHNPEI IN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. A DEVELOPING TRADE-WIND DISTURBANCE NORTH OF MAJURO WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS IT DRIFTS ACROSS KOSRAE AND MAJURO IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. MADE A FEW MINOR CHANGES FOR THE FIRST TWO PERIODS FOR ALL THE ISLANDS...BUT KEPT ALMOST THE ENTIRE FORECAST THE SAME. EXPECT TRADES TO INTENSIFY OVER KOSRAE AND POHNPEI BY SUNDAY. WW3 SHOWS INCREASING TRADE-WIND GENERATED SWELLS AND WAVES IN POHNPEI BY TUESDAY MORNING. IF MODELS ARE CORRECT...A HIGH SURF WARNING MAY BE FEASIBLE FOR POHNPEI WATERS FOR THE EAST-FACING REEFS. HOWEVER...WILL MONITOR THIS SITUATION AS CONDITIONS MAY CHANGE OVER TIME. && .WESTERN MICRONESIA... CHUUK AND KOROR WILL REMAIN WET FOR THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. YAP LIES IN A DRY SPOT FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS UNTIL DEVELOPING SHOWERS FROM THE EAST SLIDE OVER YAP BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. KEPT ALMOST THE ENTIRE FORECAST THE SAME. HAZARDOUS SURF IN KOROR AND YAP REMAINS AT ADVISORY-LEVEL...WILL KEEP THIS ADVISORY FOR ANOTHER DAY BEFORE SWELLS TAPER BELOW ADVISORY HEIGHTS BY LATE SATURDAY. && .GUM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... GU...HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM CHST SATURDAY FOR GUZ001>004. MARIANAS WATERS...NONE. && STANKO/BAQUI
Event by event
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Rip Current
- A narrow, fast current flowing away from the beach that caused a drowning or rescue.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, March 7 to 9, 2008
- Tornado in Georgia, March 7, 2008
- Winter Storm in New York, March 7 to 9, 2008
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 7 to 8, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Mississippi, March 7 to 8, 2008
- Winter Storm in New York, March 7 to 8, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Arkansas, March 7, 2008
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: 85068.