American Samoa, 2001

Rip Current in American Samoa, June 10 to 11, 2001

June 10 to 11, 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
June 10, 3:00 PM SST to June 11, 12:00 PM SST
Where
Tutuila County, Central Portion
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Surf of 10 to 14 feet were observed along south shores of Tutuila mainly from Nuuuli to Fagaalu jThese highr than normal surf were generated by a moderate low that move eastward of easterm New Zealand.

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

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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: 5257088.