1 heavy rain, 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 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
An active upper level trough of low pressure which moved over the islands Monday evening dumped almost 3 inches of rainfall in 6 hours. The heavy showers caused widespred flooding of low lying areas and overflow streams creating traffic jams in flooded streets.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in American Samoa in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, December 2003
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: 5372189.