Heavy Rain, Tutuila
- When
- February 16, 12:00 AM SST to 3:00 PM SST
- Where
- Tutuila County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Rain in American Samoa, February 16, 1999
Heavy showers were caused by a disturbance to the southwest of the Samoan Islands. A line of thunderstorms was moving toward Samoa from the southwest.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 ASO wrote it up.
Heavy showers were caused by a disturbance to the southwest of the Samoan Islands. A line of thunderstorms was moving toward Samoa from the southwest. The total rainfall received at WSO-Pago Pago for this event was 2.64 inches.
Event by event
4 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Manu'A
- When
- February 16, 12:00 AM SST to 3:00 PM SST
- Where
- Manu'A County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Rain, Rose
- When
- February 16, 12:00 AM SST to 3:00 PM SST
- Where
- Rose County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Rain, Swains
- When
- February 16, 12:00 AM SST to 3:00 PM SST
- Where
- Swains County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 16 to 17, 1999
- Flooding in Oregon, February 16, 1999
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 16 to 18, 1999
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 16 to 19, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, February 16 to 17, 1999
- High Wind in American Samoa, February 16 to 19, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 16 to 17, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 16 to 17, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, February 16 to 17, 1999
- Hail in Oklahoma, February 16, 1999
- Flooding in California, February 16 to 17, 1999
- Flood in Washington, February 16, 1999
More
Every storm in American Samoa in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, February 1999
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: 5679558, 5679559, 5679560, 5679561.