High Surf, Tutuila
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM SST to January 3, 6:00 AM SST
- Where
- Tutuila County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Surf in American Samoa, January 1 to 3, 2002
THE HIGH SURF CONTINUED ALONG SOUTH SHORES OF TUTUILA AS HEAVY SWELL FROM TROPICAL CYCLONE WAKA CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTH AND FURTHER AWAY FROM SAMOA. THE HIGH SURF DIMINISHES TO BELOW SIGNIFICANT HEIGHTS ON THE THIRD OF JANUARAY.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS ASO wrote it up.
THE HIGH SURF CONTINUED ALONG SOUTH SHORES OF TUTUILA AS HEAVY SWELL FROM TROPICAL CYCLONE WAKA CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTH AND FURTHER AWAY FROM SAMOA. THE HIGH SURF DIMINISHES TO BELOW SIGNIFICANT HEIGHTS ON THE THIRD OF JANUARAY.
Event by event
1 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Surf
- Large waves breaking on the shore that caused damage, erosion or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Rain in California, January 1 to 3, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Mississippi, January 1 to 2, 2002
- Drought in New Jersey, January 1 to 31, 2002
- Drought in Georgia, January 1 to 31, 2002
- Drought in New York, January 1 to 31, 2002
- Winter Storm in Louisiana, January 1 to 2, 2002
- Drought in Pennsylvania, January 1 to 31, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Texas, January 1, 2002
- Drought in Texas, January 1 to 31, 2002
- Drought in New Jersey, January 1 to 31, 2002
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 1, 2002
- Drought in Maryland, January 1 to 31, 2002
More
Every storm in American Samoa in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, January 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: 5278165.