2 rip current, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
2 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong rip currents caused by high surf were reported along most of the bays along south shores of American Samoa. A young lady about 24 was near death before she was rescued by Friemen near Aunu'u Sunday afternoon. The high surf lasted for 3 days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in American Samoa in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, April 2000
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: 5149925, 5149926.