Heavy Rain, Tutuila
- When
- November 17, 9:00 AM SST to 3:00 PM SST
- Where
- Tutuila County, Pago Pago to Vaitogi
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- -14.300, -170.600
Heavy Rain in American Samoa, November 17, 2006
A combination of a trough and trade wind conditions brought a lot of precipitation over Tutuila. 43 inches of rainfall with gusts to 41 miles an hour.
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.
A combination of a trough and trade wind conditions brought a lot of precipitation over Tutuila. The Weather Service Office recorded about 2.43 inches of rainfall with gusts to 41 miles an hour. Heavy rain produced overflow of small streams and fast flowing water near sloped roadways. No injury reported.
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
- Flooding and High Wind in Maine, November 17 to 20, 2006
- Flooding in Virginia, November 17 to 18, 2006
- Damaging Wind and High Wind in Massachusetts, November 17, 2006
- Flooding in New Hampshire, November 17, 2006
- Flooding in Indiana, November 17 to 25, 2006
- Flood in Kentucky, November 17 to 18, 2006
- Flood in Maine, November 17 to 18, 2006
More
Every storm in American Samoa in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, November 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: 8031.