Heavy Rain, Tutuila
- When
- February 26, 1:30 PM SST to 11:59 PM SST
- Where
- Tutuila County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Rain in American Samoa, February 26, 1999
Heavy showers with scattered thunderstorms were caused by an active trough of low pressure near the Samoan Islands. 30 inches, and this event had the most measurable rain for the month of February.
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 with scattered thunderstorms were caused by an active trough of low pressure near the Samoan Islands. The total rain for this event was 4.30 inches, and this event had the most measurable rain for the month of February. The total precipitation recorded by WSO-Pago Pago for the month of February was 14.50 inches or 114% of normal.
Event by event
4 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Manu'A
- When
- February 26, 1:30 PM SST to 11:59 PM SST
- Where
- Manu'A County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Rain, Rose
- When
- February 26, 1:30 PM SST to 11:59 PM SST
- Where
- Rose County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Rain, Swains
- When
- February 26, 1:30 PM SST to 11:59 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 and High Wind in South Dakota, February 26 to 27, 1999
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 26, 1999
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 26 to 28, 1999
- High Wind and Cold in Alaska, February 26 to 28, 1999
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, February 26, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, February 26 to 27, 1999
- Hail in Iowa, February 26, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, February 26, 1999
- Flood in North Dakota, February 26, 1999
- Flood in Iowa, February 26 to 27, 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: 5679566, 5679567, 5679688, 5679689.