Rip Current, Tutuila
- When
- June 1, 3:00 AM SST to June 5, 3:00 AM SST
- Where
- Tutuila County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Rip Current and High Surf in American Samoa, June 1 to 5, 2000
An intense low pressure area about 1500 miles south of Samoa moving from west to east generated high surf along south shores of American Samoa. Damagign wave action and strong rip currents associated with the extremely high surf were being observed all the way from Vaitogi to Vailoatai and from Nuuuli to Fagaalu.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
An intense low pressure area about 1500 miles south of Samoa moving from west to east generated high surf along south shores of American Samoa. Damagign wave action and strong rip currents associated with the extremely high surf were being observed all the way from Vaitogi to Vailoatai and from Nuuuli to Fagaalu. Surf of 3 to 5 feet were also observe within the Bay Area which are very rare. Sections of the Main road were washed off or overrun by surf spreading debris, sand and rocks from Vasaaiga to Fatumafuti.
Event by event
1 rip current, 1 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.
High Surf, Tutuila
- When
- June 1, 3:00 AM SST to June 5, 3:00 AM SST
- Where
- Tutuila County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
What these are
- Rip Current
- A narrow, fast current flowing away from the beach that caused a drowning or rescue.
- High Surf
- Large waves breaking on the shore that caused damage, erosion or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, June 1, 2000
- Drought in Georgia, June 1 to 30, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, June 1, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 1, 2000
- Rip Current in California, June 1, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, June 1, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 1, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 1, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 1, 2000
- Flooding in North Dakota, June 1 to 30, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 1, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 1, 2000
More
Every storm in American Samoa in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, June 2000
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: 5144424, 5144425.