Hurricane in Guam, October 16 to 19, 2013

Name: Hurricane in Guam, October 16 to 19, 2013
Start: 2013-10-16T02:00
End: 2013-10-19T15:00
Location: Guam

October 16 to 19, 2013 · NWS GUM · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: $100,000
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 GUM wrote it up.

On the afternoon of the 14th of October a weak circulation could be found on the scatterometer charts east of the Marianas. A Special Weather Statement was issued for the Marianas on the afternoon of the 15th. By the afternoon of the 16th the disturbance had become Tropical Depression 26W and was located around|75 miles southeast of Guam. The depression passed south of Guam during that afternoon. A Tropical Storm Watch was issued for Guam, Rota, Tinian, and Saipan. During the early morning of October 17th TD 26W becomes Tropical Storm Francisco 175 miles southwest of Guam, by 2 pm it was a typhoon 205 miles southwest of Guam. Typhoon Francisco passed 140 miles west of Guam at 7 am on the 18th of October.|Typhoon Francisco was located 200 miles west of the radar at 11 am. The diameter of the eye was estimated to be around 29 miles. Gusty winds were observed across the Marianas. On the morning of the October 19th Typhoon Francisco became a |Super Typhoon 330 miles northwest of Guam. Outer rain bands associated with Francisco brought a few wind gust over the Marianas.

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 Oct 15, 7:49 AM UTC, 8 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 15, 7:49 AM UTC, 8 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 15, 12:17 PM UTC, 3 hours 43 minutes before

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Event by event

1 hurricane (typhoon). Local standard time, as filed.

Hurricane (Typhoon), Guam

When: October 16, 2:00 AM GST to October 19, 3:00 PM GST
Where: Guam forecast zone
Category: 1
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: $100,000
Reported by: Newspaper

On the afternoon of the 14th of October a weak circulation could be found on the scatterometer charts east of the Marianas.|By the 15th it became an Invest area labeled 93W, A Special Weather Statement was issued for the Marianas on the afternoon of the 15th. By the afternoon of the 16th the disturbance had become Tropical Depression 26W and was located 75 miles southeast of Guam. The depression passed south of Guam during the afternoon.|A Tropical Storm Watch for was issued for Guam, Rota, Tinian, and Saipan|Gusty winds occurred across the Marianas with the following observed wind gust:|NWS Guam the gust was 46 mph, 52 mph Andersen AFB, 39 mph Saipan International Airport, 38 mph at Rota Airport. | On the 17th of October during the early morning TD 26W becomes Tropical Storm Francisco 175 miles southwest of Guam, by 2 pm it was a typhoon 205 miles southwest of Guam. Since Francisco moved so far southwest of Guam on the 17th |wind gust were not as high as on the 16th Peak wind gust observed on the 17 is as follows: at NWS Guam was 40 mph, 37 mph Andersen AFB, 32 mph Saipan International Airport, 38 mph at Rota Airport.

On the 18th Typhoon Francisco was located 140 miles west of Guam at 7 am.|Typhoon Francisco was located 200 miles west of the radar at 11 am.|The diameter of the eye was estimated to be around 29 miles. |Guam was on the edge of the damaging wind radii with wind gust reaching tropical storm strength occasionally. Peak winds on the 18th include: at NWS Guam 43 mph, 44 mph Andersen AFB, 36 mph Saipan International Airport, 49 mph at Rota Airport.

On the morning of the 19th Typhoon Francisco became a Super Typhoon 330 miles northwest of Guam. Even with this distance a few wind gusts were observed across the Marianas: Peak Winds on the 19th at NWS Guam was 35 mph, 41 mph Andersen AFB, 33 mph Saipan International Airport, 29 mph at Rota Airport.|Rainfall observed across Guam from the 16th through the 18th

7.47 inches fell at NWS Guam, | 4.78 inches at Apra Harbor Automated Weather Station,| 7.90 inches at Inarajan Automated Weather Station,| 7.86 inches at Windward Hills rain gage,

No Major Interruptions in Power or Water service was observed on Guam during Typhoon Francisco's Close Call and Guam Memorial Hospital reported no weather related injuries. 9 schools served as shelters for residents of Guam. It was reported that a total of 1223 people took advantage of these shelters.

There were reports of some trees knocked down because of the wind, but nothing|major.

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

Every storm in Guam in 2013 Every state in 2013 This day in weather history Warnings in Guam, October 2013 The 2013 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 480018.