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.
A strong winter storm which developed near New Zealand and moved eastward generated swell of 8 to 12 feet caused surf up to 20 feet along south shores of American Samoa. These high surf were responsible for strong rip currents and some coastal flooding at Fagaalu and Utulei Beach as well as Faga'itua and Amouli in the eastern side of Tutuila.
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, August 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: 5172172, 5172173.