1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy showers caused flooding of low lying areas as overflow streams and heavy runoffs washed debris onto the roads and the whole island. Land and mudslide were reported along many mountainous areas and along the public highway due to heavy showers and runoffs. Except for cleanup work no major damages were reported across the territory.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in American Samoa in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, October 2002
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5320694.