Tropical Cyclone Tuni uprooted trees, damaged plantations, and blew a couple of roofs of shacks and garages across American Samoa. A maximum sustained wind of 56 mph was recorded near 2,500 feet while a maximum sustained wind of 53 mph was reported from Siufaga Ridge in Tututila.
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.
The episode as NWS ASO wrote it up.
Tropical Cyclone Tuni uprooted trees, damaged plantations, and blew a couple of roofs of shacks and garages across American Samoa. A maximum sustained wind of 56 mph was recorded near 2,500 feet while a maximum sustained wind of 53 mph was reported from Siufaga Ridge in Tututila. There were no fatalities or injuries reported.
1 tropical storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Tropical Storm force winds damaged plantations, blew roofs of a couple shacks and garages, and uprooted banyan and breadfruit trees in Tututila.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in American Samoa in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, November 2015The 2015 hurricane season
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: 609897.