High Surf, Tutuila
- When
- September 14, 3:00 PM SST to September 19, 6:00 PM SST
- Where
- Tutuila forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
High Surf in American Samoa, September 14 to 19, 2007
Another intense low pressure system far south of the islands generated heavy southerly swell across the Samoan Islands from September 14th to the 19th. Surf of 8 to 14 feet impacted most of south faciing shores especially from Avau to Fatumafuti and from Lauli'i to Tula.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Another intense low pressure system far south of the islands generated heavy southerly swell across the Samoan Islands from September 14th to the 19th. Surf of 8 to 14 feet impacted most of south faciing shores especially from Avau to Fatumafuti and from Lauli'i to Tula. No significant damages were reported.
Event by event
2 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.
High Surf, Tutuila
- When
- September 14, 3:00 PM SST to September 19, 6:00 PM SST
- Where
- Tutuila forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
What these are
- High Surf
- Large waves breaking on the shore that caused damage, erosion or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in California, September 14 to 20, 2007
- Lightning Strike in Florida, September 14, 2007
- Hurricane in Georgia, September 14, 2007
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, September 14, 2007
- Tornado in Virginia, September 14, 2007
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Carolina, September 14, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, September 14, 2007
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, September 14, 2007
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, September 14, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, September 14, 2007
- Heavy Rain in Alabama, September 14, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, September 14, 2007
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: 61215, 61216.