American Samoa, 2001

Flood in American Samoa, July 14, 2001

July 14, 2001 · NWS ASO · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, 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 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Tutuila

When
July 14, 2:00 PM SST to 6:00 PM SST
Where
Tutuila County, Countywide
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heavy showers fell over Tutuila dumping more than 2 inchest of rainfall from 1 PM to 5PM. These heavy showers were associated with a trough of low pressure that moved over the islandsfrom the northeast. The heavy showers caused widespred flooding of low lying areas and small streams. Bonding of streets as well as heavy runoffs were noted at Nuuuli and the Bay area.

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

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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: 5257090.