Rip Current, Tutuila
- When
- June 26, 3:00 AM SST to June 29, 9:00 PM SST
- Where
- Tutuila County, Countywide
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Rip Current in American Samoa, June 26 to 29, 2000
High surf were again in abundance as another strong low pressure area moved eastward from New Zealand generating high surf with High Surf Advisories being posted for all South shores of American Samoa. Warning for strong currents and wave actions were posted for may beaches and bays.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
High surf were again in abundance as another strong low pressure area moved eastward from New Zealand generating high surf with High Surf Advisories being posted for all South shores of American Samoa. Warning for strong currents and wave actions were posted for may beaches and bays.
Event by event
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Rip Current
- A narrow, fast current flowing away from the beach that caused a drowning or rescue.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Heat in Mississippi, June 26, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 26, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Virginia, June 26, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 26, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, June 26, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 26, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 26, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 26, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 26, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 26, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 26, 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: 5144427.