Heavy Rain, Tutuila
- When
- June 14, 5:00 AM SST to 9:00 AM SST
- Where
- Tutuila County, Pago Pago to Vaitogi
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- -14.300, -170.600
Heavy Rain in American Samoa, June 14, 2008
Heavy showers across the islands caused wide spread flooding from the Tualauta District to the Pago Pago Area. Moreover, heavy runoffs and overflowed streams caused road ponding and washed lots of debris onto the roads, thus impacted the morning traffic.
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.
Heavy showers across the islands caused wide spread flooding from the Tualauta District to the Pago Pago Area. Moreover, heavy runoffs and overflowed streams caused road ponding and washed lots of debris onto the roads, thus impacted the morning traffic. Total rainfall recorded on the 14th of June 2008 was 3.76 inches. However, there were no reports of significant property damage or injuries.
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
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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: 121630.