Flash Flood, Tutuila
- When
- February 1, 6:00 AM SST to 6:00 PM SST
- Where
- Tutuila County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $9,000
- Crop damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Flash Flood in American Samoa, February 1, 2006
Heavy downpour caused overflow of small streams and flooding along road and sidewalks across the Island of Tutuila. 53 inches for this day's event.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $9,000
- Crop damage
- $2,000
- 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.
Heavy downpour caused overflow of small streams and flooding along road and sidewalks across the Island of Tutuila. The Weather Service Office recorded a total precipitation of 5.53 inches for this day's event. No injury reported.
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
- Drought in Texas, February 1 to 28, 2006
- Avalanche in California, February 1, 2006
- Drought in Oklahoma, February 1 to 28, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Texas, February 1, 2006
- Heavy Rain in American Samoa, February 1, 2006
- Storm Surge in Maine, February 1, 2006
- Drought in Oklahoma, February 1 to 28, 2006
- Winter Weather in Washington, February 1, 2006
- Drought in Texas, February 1 to 28, 2006
- Drought in Colorado, February 1 to 28, 2006
- High Wind in American Samoa, February 1 to 3, 2006
- Drought in Missouri, February 1 to 28, 2006
More
Every storm in American Samoa in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, February 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: 5514981.