Flooding in American Samoa, October 11 to 14, 2000

Name: Flooding in American Samoa, October 11 to 14, 2000
Start: 2000-10-11T03:00
End: 2000-10-14T10:00
Location: American Samoa

October 11 to 14, 2000 · NWS ASO · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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.

Event by event

2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Manu'A

When: October 11, 3:00 AM SST to October 14, 10:00 AM SST
Where: Manu'A County, Countywide
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

A convergence zone just to the north of American Samoa coupled with a moist southwest flow aloft over the territory spread heavy showers over islands from Tuesday to Saturday. These occasional heavy showers caused widespread flooding of low lying areas and overflow most of the streams across the territory. Some are of mud and land slide were also reported by TEMCO.

Flood, Tutuila

When: October 11, 3:00 AM SST to October 14, 10:00 AM SST
Where: Tutuila County, Countywide
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

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

Every storm in American Samoa in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in American Samoa, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5157853, 5157854.