Heavy Rain, Tutuila
- When
- January 24, 1:00 AM SST to January 25, 1:00 AM SST
- Where
- Tutuila County, 5 mi NE of Pago Pago to 15 mi W of Pago Pago
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- -14.249, -170.547
Heavy Rain in American Samoa, January 24 to 25, 2010
Heavy rainfall caused landslides in the villages of Afono and Alofau on the Island of Tutuila. The Emergency Operations Management reported broken trees in the villages of Pagai and Aua due to strong runoff along steep hills and mountains.
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 rainfall caused landslides in the villages of Afono and Alofau on the Island of Tutuila. The Emergency Operations Management reported broken trees in the villages of Pagai and Aua due to strong runoff along steep hills and mountains. The WSO received a total of 7.23 inches of rainfall during this event.
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
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in North Carolina, January 24 to 26, 2010
- Blizzard in North Dakota, January 24 to 25, 2010
- High Surf in Florida, January 24 to 25, 2010
- Avalanche in Utah, January 24, 2010
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, January 24 to 25, 2010
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, January 24 to 25, 2010
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, January 24, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in South Carolina, January 24 to 25, 2010
- Avalanche in Colorado, January 24, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, January 24 to 25, 2010
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Kentucky, January 24 to 25, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Alabama, January 24, 2010
More
Every storm in American Samoa in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, January 2010
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 214411.