Rip Current in American Samoa, April 9 to 16, 2001

Name: Rip Current in American Samoa, April 9 to 16, 2001
Start: 2001-04-09T16:00
End: 2001-04-16T16:00
Location: American Samoa

April 9 to 16, 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: $20,000
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 9, 4:00 PM SST to April 16, 4:00 PM SST
Where: Tutuila County, Countywide
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

A slow moving tropical depression off New Zealand and was moving eastward generated some of the highest surf along sourh shores of Tutuila in this hurricane season. Surf of 15 to 20 feet were observed from Nuuulli to Tula with some surf up to 30 feet were reported from Vailoatai to Vaitogi. The high surf caused some coastal flooding from Matu'u to Leloaloa washing debris and dumb sand and pepples along the high way creating traffic problems on the 12th and the 13th from Faganeanea to Fatumafuti and along Lauli'i Tuai and Aua. The Public Works estimated about $20,000.00 worth of damages and the cost to clear the roads and debris.

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

Every storm in American Samoa in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in American Samoa, April 2001

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: 5238472.