Rip Current, Tutuila
- When
- February 17, 1:00 PM SST to February 18, 11:00 AM SST
- Where
- Tutuila forecast zone
- Deaths
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- Newspaper
Rip Current in American Samoa, February 17 to 18, 2007
After 10:00 am Sunday 18 February 2007, 2 bodies were found and 1 lost at sea along the mouth of Aoa village harbor which lies to the north to northeast of Tutuila Island of American Samoa. The youngest of the deceased was seen alive Saturday afternoon as he was yelling for help in the ocean while swimming.
The toll
- Deaths
- 3
- 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.
After 10:00 am Sunday 18 February 2007, 2 bodies were found and 1 lost at sea along the mouth of Aoa village harbor which lies to the north to northeast of Tutuila Island of American Samoa. The youngest of the deceased was seen alive Saturday afternoon as he was yelling for help in the ocean while swimming. 2 residents of Aoa village jumped in the water and tried to rescue this young male. A local rescue team and divers responded to this incident and conducted a search, but were unsuccessful Saturday evening. 2 bodies were found the next day while the other remains missing.|Seas were 3 to 5 feet on this day, and all weather equipments were operating normally.|This will be the first drowning incident for American Samoa in 2007.
Event by event
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, Tutuila | 2007-02-17 | Male | In Water | Direct | |
| Rip Current, Tutuila | 2007-02-17 | 23 | Male | In Water | Direct |
| Rip Current, Tutuila | 2007-02-17 | 50 | Male | In Water | Direct |
What these are
- Rip Current
- A narrow, fast current flowing away from the beach that caused a drowning or rescue.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Avalanche in Utah, February 17 to 18, 2007
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, February 17 to 19, 2007
- Avalanche in Idaho, February 17, 2007
- Winter Weather in Missouri, February 17, 2007
- Winter Weather in Illinois, February 17, 2007
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, February 17, 2007
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, February 17, 2007
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 17 to 18, 2007
- Winter Weather in Indiana, February 17, 2007
- Lake-Effect Snow in Michigan, February 17 to 18, 2007
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 17 to 18, 2007
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 17 to 18, 2007
More
Every storm in American Samoa in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, February 2007
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: 13679.