American Samoa, 2001

Rip Current in American Samoa, April 4 to 6, 2001

April 4 to 6, 2001 · NWS ASO · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 rip current, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.

Rip Current, Tutuila

When
April 4, 6:00 AM SST to April 6, 12:00 PM SST
Where
Tutuila County, Countywide
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

A strong low pressure off New Zealand moving eastward generated strong swell which produced surf of 10 to 15 feet along south shores of Tutuila. These high surf produced some strong rip currents from Nuuuli to Fagaalu and from Laulii to Cape Matatula. No major damages were reported.

What these are

Rip Current
A narrow, fast current flowing away from the beach that caused a drowning or rescue.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5238471.