Heavy Rain in American Samoa, February 1, 2006

Name: Heavy Rain in American Samoa, February 1, 2006
Start: 2006-02-01T05:00
End: 2006-02-01T20:00
Location: American Samoa

February 1, 2006 · NWS ASO · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: $10,000
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.

Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Tutuila

When: February 1, 5:00 AM SST to 8:00 PM SST
Where: Tutuila County, Countywide
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: $10,000
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heavy rainfall flooded 50 percent of homes in the village of Tafuna. Personal properties, including household goods, were ruined by the increasing flow of water. Two families were "forced from their homes by the floodwaters" and no injury reported. Heavy rainfall impacted roads causing potholes and "in some cases becoming deeper, resulting in an overall traffic slowdown around the Island."The Weather Service Office blamed a stationary monsoon trough over the Islands which produced occasional showers...with heavy rainfall at times. The Weather Service Office recorded about 5.53 inches of precipitation for this day.

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

Every storm in American Samoa in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5514980.