Rip Current, Tutuila
- When
- October 27, 10:30 AM SST to October 31, 10:30 AM SST
- Where
- Tutuila County, Countywide
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
Rip Current in American Samoa, October 27 to 31, 1999
A tropical depression south of Samoa generated moderate to heavy southeast swell causing surf of up to 18 feet along south shores of American Samoa. These high surf inturn created strong rip currents for 5 days along south shores especially from Nuuuli to Fatumafuti and from Lauli'i to Tula.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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 ASO wrote it up.
A tropical depression south of Samoa generated moderate to heavy southeast swell causing surf of up to 18 feet along south shores of American Samoa. These high surf inturn created strong rip currents for 5 days along south shores especially from Nuuuli to Fatumafuti and from Lauli'i to Tula.
Event by event
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Rip Current
- A narrow, fast current flowing away from the beach that caused a drowning or rescue.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Washington, October 27, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, October 27 to 28, 1999
- High Wind in South Dakota, October 27, 1999
- High Wind in California, October 27 to 28, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, October 27 to 28, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, October 27 to 29, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, October 27, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Washington, October 27, 1999
- Wildfire in South Dakota, October 27, 1999
- High Wind in California, October 27, 1999
- High Wind in Nevada, October 27, 1999
More
Every storm in American Samoa in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, October 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: 5724801.