Rip Current in American Samoa, April 5 to 8, 2002

Name: Rip Current in American Samoa, April 5 to 8, 2002
Start: 2002-04-05T18:00
End: 2002-04-08T06:00
Location: American Samoa

April 5 to 8, 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 5, 6:00 PM SST to April 8, 6:00 AM SST
Where: Tutuila County, Countywide
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heavy swell genearated by a strong low pressure far south of Samoa cause surf of 10 to 16 feet with occasional higher sets bounded south shores of Tutuila from Friday April 5 and through the whole weekend subsiding on Monday, April 8, 2002. The high surf effected the closure of various beaches due to strong rip currents and heavy surf especially from Avau to Fagaalu and from Lauli'i beach eastward. No major damages were reported except for some debris which were washed onto the roads at Matuu , Leloaloa and Aua.

What these are

Rip Current: A narrow, fast current flowing away from the beach that caused a drowning or rescue.

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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: 5285328.