Rip Current in American Samoa, August 28 to 31, 2001

Name: Rip Current in American Samoa, August 28 to 31, 2001
Start: 2001-08-28T08:00
End: 2001-08-31T23:59
Location: American Samoa

August 28 to 31, 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: August 28, 8:00 AM SST to August 31, 11:59 PM SST
Where: Tutuila County, Countywide
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Another surface ridge of high pressure far south of Samoa was generating swell of 6-10 feet which in turn generated surf of up to 16 feet in some beaches. These high surf produced strong rip currents causing minor coastal flooding at Faganeanea, Aua and Pagai. No major damages were reported axcept for some debris washed onto the road and causing traffic to packed up during rushed hours in the evening on Thursday and Friday.

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, August 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: 5263793.