Flood, Tutuila
- When
- September 15, 4:00 AM SST to 7:00 AM SST
- Where
- Tutuila County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Flood in American Samoa, September 15, 1999
The heavy showers associated with a stationary trough flooded and overflow many of the streams. Mud and landslides occurred at Poloa and Fagamalo causing temporary blockage of the road.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $30,000
- 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.
The heavy showers associated with a stationary trough flooded and overflow many of the streams. Mud and landslides occurred at Poloa and Fagamalo causing temporary blockage of the road.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, September 15 to 16, 1999
- Hurricane in Virginia, September 15 to 16, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, September 15 to 25, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Carolina, September 15 to 16, 1999
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, September 15 to 19, 1999
- Hurricane in North Carolina, September 15 to 16, 1999
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, September 15, 1999
- Hurricane and High Wind in North Carolina, September 15 to 16, 1999
- Hurricane in North Carolina, September 15 to 16, 1999
- High Wind in Virginia, September 15 to 16, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Arizona, September 15, 1999
- Hurricane in South Carolina, September 15 to 16, 1999
More
Every storm in American Samoa in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, September 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: 5724614.