1 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 high surf, 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, 1 flash flood, 1 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused street ponding and flooding in some villages. An unstable air mass aloft, well- associated with a trough connected to a strong gale low within 360 miles southwest of Pago Pago, remained over the Samoan Islands within 24 hours. No damages or injuries reported.
Heavy rain caused stream overflow and street flooding of over 2 feet across Tutuila. The Tafuna Office recorded about 3.30 inches of rain within the 24-hour period. Rocks and various debris were spotted along the main-road. No injury or damages reported.
Large south swells swept an alia to shore, near the Maliu Mai beach resort at Fogagogo. 4 fishermen, ranging in age from 17 to 40, were not seriouly injured. "A huge wave turned their vessel upside down and the engine dropped off", reported the Samoa News. A high surf advisory was issued for this date due to large south swells produced by a strong area of high pressure far south of the Islands.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in American Samoa in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, September 2004
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: 5420542, 5420609, 5420610.