Flood in American Samoa, April 19, 2002

Name: Flood in American Samoa, April 19, 2002
Start: 2002-04-19T08:00
End: 2002-04-19T14:00
Location: American Samoa

April 19, 2002 · 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: $50,000
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: April 19, 8:00 AM SST to 2:00 PM SST
Where: Tutuila forecast zone
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heavy showers caused widespread flooding across the territory marking one of the wettest Flag Day in recent memories. More than two inches of rainfall fell between 10 AM and Noon Friday, April 19, 2002 in the final and activity packed day of the Flag Day celebration of 2002. With the heavy runoff and showers, numerous land and mudslides occurred across Tutuila. The heavy showers let up in the afternoon as was predicted by the National Weather Service, and was a welcome break from the wet cool weather in the last few days. Between the 18th and the 20th, the Weather Service at Tafuna recorded 6.56 inches of rainfall in three days.

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

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: 5285386.