Storm Surge in Guam, January 21, 2015

Name: Storm Surge in Guam, January 21, 2015
Start: 2015-01-21T04:00
End: 2015-01-21T23:00
Location: Guam

January 21, 2015 · NWS GUM · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Swells from a winter storm produced damage across a few islands of the Marshall Islands.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $200,000
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.

Swells from a winter storm produced damage across a few islands of the Marshall Islands.

Event by event

1 storm surge/tide. Local standard time, as filed.

Storm Surge/Tide, Marshall Islands

When: January 21, 4:00 AM GST to 11:00 PM GST
Where: Marshall Islands forecast zone
Property damage: $200,000
Crop damage: $100,000
Reported by: Newspaper

A strong North Pacific Storm generated large swells. These swells combined with an Astronomical high tide caused widespread flooding in Majuro and in at least four remote outer islands on Wednesday January 21.

Acting Chief Secretary Justina Langidrik said reports were received from Kili, Utrik, Ailuk, and Mejit of inundation from the swell and high tide. There were no reported injuries, but some people’s homes were inundated with water, Langidrik said. Some people were evacuated to school buildings, she said of the four outer islands. In Majuro, there were no reports of damage aside from large volumes of debris that blocked some road areas, making vehicular travel difficult Wednesday evening until government workers using bulldozers cleared the roads.

What these are

Storm Surge/Tide: Water pushed ashore above the normal tide by a storm’s winds and low pressure.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Guam in 2015 Every state in 2015 This day in weather history Warnings in Guam, January 2015 The 2015 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: 560235.