Flash Flood, Tutuila
- When
- June 3, 10:30 AM SST to 2:00 PM SST
- Where
- Tutuila County, 13.79 mi NW of Vaitogi to 5.91 mi W of Vaitogi
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
- Coordinates
- -14.263, -170.850
Flash Flood in American Samoa, June 3, 2011
On a late Friday morning, a slow moving Squall line or Mesoscale Convective System had inundated low lying areas of Tutuila and Aunu'u. m.
Where it happened
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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.
On a late Friday morning, a slow moving Squall line or Mesoscale Convective System had inundated low lying areas of Tutuila and Aunu'u. The National Weather Service Office in Pago Pago issued a Flash Flood Warning at 10:30 a.m. and later recorded rainfall totals of 2.17 inches on an hour period. Residents had reported inundations along poor drainage and low lying areas. The American Samoa Department of Homeland Security reported overflow of streams onto roads in which had created numerous counts of pot holes on and along major roadways. No other damages were reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 3, 2011
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in New Mexico, June 3 to 4, 2011
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 3, 2011
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Montana, June 3 to 28, 2011
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 3 to 4, 2011
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 3, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Superior, June 3 to 4, 2011
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 3, 2011
- Hail in Kansas, June 3, 2011
- Hail in Wisconsin, June 3, 2011
More
Every storm in American Samoa in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, June 2011
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: 310067.