High Surf in American Samoa, October 9 to 12, 2003

Name: High Surf in American Samoa, October 9 to 12, 2003
Start: 2003-10-09T06:00
End: 2003-10-12T18:00
Location: American Samoa

October 9 to 12, 2003 · NWS ASO · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high surf, 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 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.

High Surf, Tutuila

When: October 9, 6:00 AM SST to October 12, 6:00 PM SST
Where: Tutuila forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Another strong ridge of high moved across the southern South Pacific Ocean off of New Zealand far south of Samoa was generating heavy surf and swell generating swell in excess of 10 ft casusing yet another high surf episode for the Samoan Group from October 9th to October 12th. The high surf again created strong rip currents from Nuuuli to Fagaalu and from Lauli'i to Cape Matatula.

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

Every storm in American Samoa in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in American Samoa, October 2003

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5364876.