American Samoa, 1999

Flood in American Samoa, September 15 to 16, 1999

September 15 to 16, 1999 · NWS ASO · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$50,000
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.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Tutuila

When
September 15, 6:00 PM SST to September 16, 1:00 AM SST
Where
Tutuila County, Countywide
Property damage
$50,000
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Mover heavy showers added on already saturated grounds again caused mud and land slide along the Poloa-Fagamalo road and widespread flooding of low lying areas as well as overflow of streams.

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

More

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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: 5724615.