High Wind, Tutuila
- When
- February 22, 5:00 AM SST to 2:00 PM SST
- Where
- Tutuila forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
- Property damage
- $7,000
- Crop damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
High Wind in American Samoa, February 22, 2006
Strong and gusty northwest winds of 59 mph were associated with locally heavy rainfall over the Samoan Islands. An active trough near the Islands was blamed for the cause of these unfavorable conditions.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $7,000
- Crop damage
- $1,000
- 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.
Strong and gusty northwest winds of 59 mph were associated with locally heavy rainfall over the Samoan Islands. An active trough near the Islands was blamed for the cause of these unfavorable conditions. A rainfall amount of 3.92 inches was recorded by the Weather Service Office for this event. No injury reported.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
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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: 5514985.