Heavy Rain, Tutuila
- When
- December 12, 8:00 AM SST to 1:00 PM SST
- Where
- Tutuila County, Pago Pago to Vaitogi
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- -14.300, -170.600
Heavy Rain in American Samoa, December 12, 2006
Locally heavy showers caused ponding along roadways and increasing flow of water near hills and sloped locations. Tualauta district is a business area and is mostly affected by heavy showers causing traffic congestion and ponding along the main road.
Where it happened
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- 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.
Locally heavy showers caused ponding along roadways and increasing flow of water near hills and sloped locations. Tualauta district is a business area and is mostly affected by heavy showers causing traffic congestion and ponding along the main road. The Weather Service recorded a total of 2.19 inches of rainfall for this event.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Oregon, December 12 to 13, 2006
- Winter Storm in Montana, December 12 to 14, 2006
- Heavy Rain in California, December 12, 2006
- High Wind in Oregon, December 12, 2006
- Dense Fog in Arkansas, December 12, 2006
- Avalanche in Colorado, December 12, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 12 to 13, 2006
- High Wind in Oregon, December 12, 2006
More
Every storm in American Samoa in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, December 2006
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: 8278.