Rip Current in American Samoa, July 30 to 31, 2001

Name: Rip Current in American Samoa, July 30 to 31, 2001
Start: 2001-07-30T06:00
End: 2001-07-31T23:59
Location: American Samoa

July 30 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: July 30, 6:00 AM SST to July 31, 11:59 PM SST
Where: Tutuila County, Central Portion
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

A strong ridge of high pressure located about 600 miles south of Samoa generating winds of 25 konts and seas of 6-10 feet couple with swell from an intense low pressure which has moved eastward off New Zealand earlier in the week brought surf of 12 to 20 feet that bounded the islands as the month ends. Thes high sur have caused some coastal flooding along low lying areas from Faganeanea to Leloaloa and Pagai in the eastern part 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: 5257335.