Lightning, Tutuila
- When
- March 27, 11:00 PM SST to March 28, 4:20 AM SST
- Where
- Tutuila County, 5 mi ENE of Pago Pago to 17 mi WSW of Pago Pago
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- -14.272, -170.531
Lightning Strikes in American Samoa, March 27 to 28, 2010
Numerous thunderstorms and lightnings damaged several phone lines, cables and internet on Tutuila, including the WSO NOAA Weather Radio transmitter and the MicroArt Radiosonde computer and equipments. Several televisions and electronic appliances were electronically damaged during this event.
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
- $120,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Numerous thunderstorms and lightnings damaged several phone lines, cables and internet on Tutuila, including the WSO NOAA Weather Radio transmitter and the MicroArt Radiosonde computer and equipments. Several televisions and electronic appliances were electronically damaged during this event. No injury or fatality reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Tutuila
- When
- March 27, 11:00 PM SST to March 28, 4:20 AM SST
- Where
- Tutuila County, 5 mi ENE of Pago Pago to 17 mi WSW of Pago Pago
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- -14.272, -170.531
Lightning, Tutuila
- When
- March 27, 11:00 PM SST to March 28, 4:20 AM SST
- Where
- Tutuila County, 5 mi ENE of Pago Pago to 17 mi WSW of Pago Pago
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- -14.272, -170.531
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 27, 2010
- Hail in Missouri, March 27, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 27, 2010
- High Wind in Texas, March 27, 2010
- Flooding in Indiana, March 27 to 31, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, March 27, 2010
- Strong Wind in Kansas, March 27, 2010
- High Wind in California, March 27, 2010
- Hail in Missouri, March 27, 2010
- Hail in Arkansas, March 27, 2010
More
Every storm in American Samoa in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, March 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 216110, 216111, 216112.