Flash Flood, Tutuila
- When
- May 24, 8:00 AM SST to 8:00 PM SST
- Where
- Tutuila County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 14.300, -170.600
Flash Flooding in American Samoa, May 24, 2005
Thunderstorms associated with a trough near the Islands brought a lot of rain over Tutuila and Manu'a. Several residents experienced flooding in their homes due to overflow of small streams and poor drainages in some areas on Tutuila Island.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $3,000
- 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.
Thunderstorms associated with a trough near the Islands brought a lot of rain over Tutuila and Manu'a. Several residents experienced flooding in their homes due to overflow of small streams and poor drainages in some areas on Tutuila Island. The Weather Service Office recorded a total precipitation of 5.21 inches during this period.
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
- May 24, 8:00 AM SST to 8:00 PM SST
- Where
- Manu'A County, Countywide
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- 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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, May 24, 2005
- Storm Surge and High Wind in Massachusetts, May 24 to 25, 2005
- Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, May 24, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 24, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in Puerto Rico, May 24, 2005
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 24, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 24, 2005
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Florida, May 24, 2005
- Flash Flood and Hail in Colorado, May 24 to 25, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 24 to 25, 2005
- Hail in North Carolina, May 24, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Puerto Rico, May 24, 2005
More
Every storm in American Samoa in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, May 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: 5442919, 5442920.