Flood, Tutuila
- When
- December 8, 2:00 AM SST to 11:00 AM SST
- Where
- Tutuila forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 14.300, -170.600
Flood in American Samoa, December 8, 2005
A stationary trough near Samoan Islands produced widespread showers across Tutuila. 48 inches of rain for this event, but reports from across Tutuila Aunuu and Manu'a were that roadways were flooded in several villages due to the overflow of small streams and poor drainages in several villages.
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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS ASO wrote it up.
A stationary trough near Samoan Islands produced widespread showers across Tutuila. The WSO recorded about 1.48 inches of rain for this event, but reports from across Tutuila Aunuu and Manu'a were that roadways were flooded in several villages due to the overflow of small streams and poor drainages in several villages. A few flooded roads on Tutuila caused several small cars and sports vehicles to stall for hours. No injury reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Missouri, December 8, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, December 8 to 9, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Indiana, December 8, 2005
- Winter Storm in Ohio, December 8 to 9, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Indiana, December 8 to 9, 2005
- Winter Weather in Iowa, December 8, 2005
- Marine High Wind in Gulf of Alaska, December 8, 2005
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, December 8, 2005
- Winter Storm in Illinois, December 8, 2005
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, December 8 to 9, 2005
- Winter Weather in Illinois, December 8, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 8 to 9, 2005
More
Every storm in American Samoa in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, December 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: 5482663.