Rip Current in American Samoa, July 13 to 17, 2001

Name: Rip Current in American Samoa, July 13 to 17, 2001
Start: 2001-07-13T18:00
End: 2001-07-17T15:00
Location: American Samoa

July 13 to 17, 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: July 13, 6:00 PM SST to July 17, 3:00 PM SST
Where: Tutuila County, Countywide
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

A stationary ridge of high pressure which was perswistenst about 600 miles south of Samoa from July 10th to July 15th, generated moderate southerly swell that produced surf of 8 to 14 feet along south shores of Tutuila but most significatly along the central part of the island from Faganeanea to Fatumafuti. A couple of teenagers were swept beyound the reef at Matuuu and were rescued by the marine patrols a few hours later. High sur advisories were posted throughout most of the beaches along south shores of the Island.

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, July 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: 5257089.