Flash Flood, Tutuila
- When
- December 4, 7:00 AM SST to 5:00 PM SST
- Where
- Tutuila County, Pago Pago to Vaitogi
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- -14.300, -170.600
Flash Flood in American Samoa, December 4, 2006
Thunderstorms and heavy rainfall were associated with an active trough near the Islands. |No injury reported.
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
- 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.
Thunderstorms and heavy rainfall were associated with an active trough near the Islands. The Weather Service Office recorded about 4.72 inches of precipitation for this event; residents reported widespread flooding and landslides across the Island of Tutuila.|No injury reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, December 4 to 5, 2006
- Lake-Effect Snow in Ohio, December 4 to 5, 2006
- Lake-Effect Snow in Michigan, December 4 to 5, 2006
- Lake-Effect Snow in Pennsylvania, December 4 to 5, 2006
- Lake-Effect Snow in Michigan, December 4 to 5, 2006
- Flooding in Illinois, December 4 to 14, 2006
- Flooding in Indiana, December 4 to 14, 2006
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 4, 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: 8269.