Rip Current in American Samoa, April 18 to 29, 2002

Name: Rip Current in American Samoa, April 18 to 29, 2002
Start: 2002-04-18T10:00
End: 2002-04-29T18:00
Location: American Samoa

April 18 to 29, 2002 · 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: April 18, 10:00 AM SST to April 29, 6:00 PM SST
Where: Tutuila County, Countywide
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

The high surf and heavy southerly swell began to affect south shores of the territory Wednesday, April 17 and was getting stronger by the hour with swell reaching heights of 8 feet in Pago Pago Harbour Thursday morning, April 18, 2002. The heavy swell caused the cancellation of the Long Boat race, which is the most attented activity of the Flag Day celebration. A bried turned of the winds Friday morning allowed the race to take place but in a much shorter track then it was planned. The high surf and heavy swell continued through April 29, 2002. The heavy swell and high surf was a combination of swell generated by a slow moving low pressure far south of the islands and brisk trades generated by a strong ridge of high pressure which persisted for almost two weeks just south of Samoa.

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 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in American Samoa, April 2002

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: 5285385.