Flash Flood, Tutuila
- When
- August 17, 4:30 AM SST to August 18, 10:00 AM SST
- Where
- Tutuila County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 14.300, -170.600
Flash Flooding in American Samoa, August 17 to 18, 2005
An active trough associated with heavy rain and thunderstorms dumped a lot of precipitable water across the Islands. The Weather Service Office in Tafuna recorded about 4 inches from this event.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
An active trough associated with heavy rain and thunderstorms dumped a lot of precipitable water across the Islands. The Weather Service Office in Tafuna recorded about 4 inches from this event. Over-flow of small streams and street ponding created traffic congestion for motorists. There were no reports of mudslides or injuries.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Manu'A
- When
- August 17, 4:30 AM SST to August 18, 10:00 AM SST
- Where
- Manu'A County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 14.200, -169.700
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 17 to 18, 2005
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Georgia, August 17, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Dakota, August 17, 2005
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 17, 2005
- Heat in Mississippi, August 17 to 26, 2005
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, August 17, 2005
- Flash Flood in North Dakota, August 17, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 17, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 17, 2005
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 17, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 17, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 17, 2005
More
Every storm in American Samoa in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, August 2005
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: 5475728, 5475729.