Heavy Rain, Tutuila
- When
- January 12, 12:00 AM SST to 11:59 PM SST
- Where
- Tutuila County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Rain in American Samoa, January 12, 1999
A flood advisory was issued by the Weather Service Office, due to heavy showers that were caused by an active trough of low pressure over Samoa. 03 inches.
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.
A flood advisory was issued by the Weather Service Office, due to heavy showers that were caused by an active trough of low pressure over Samoa. The recorded 24-hour rainfall at WSO-Pago Pago for this event was 2.03 inches. WSO-Pago Pago received a total rainfall of 11.36 inches or 90% of normal for the month of January.
Event by event
4 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Manu'A
- When
- January 12, 12:00 AM SST to 11:59 PM SST
- Where
- Manu'A County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Rain, Rose
- When
- January 12, 12:00 AM SST to 11:59 PM SST
- Where
- Rose County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Rain, Swains
- When
- January 12, 12:00 AM 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
- Dense Fog in California, January 12 to 13, 1999
- Winter Weather in Michigan, January 12 to 14, 1999
- Winter Weather in Maine, January 12, 1999
- Winter Weather in New Hampshire, January 12, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 12 to 13, 1999
- Cold in Michigan, January 12, 1999
- Winter Weather in Maine, January 12, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 12, 1999
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 12 to 14, 1999
- High Wind in Louisiana, January 12, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, January 12 to 13, 1999
More
Every storm in American Samoa in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5679554, 5679555, 5679556, 5679557.