High Surf, Tutuila
- When
- August 26, 2:19 PM SST to August 31, 12:00 AM SST
- Where
- Tutuila forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
Daily reports of white caps and rough seas.
High Surf in American Samoa, August 26 to 31, 2018
A strong high pressure to the southwest is producing Trades that will remain breezy before increasing to strong and gusty on Monday night August 27.
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.
A strong high pressure to the southwest is producing Trades that will remain breezy before increasing to strong and gusty on Monday night August 27.
Event by event
1 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Surf
- Large waves breaking on the shore that caused damage, erosion or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Wisconsin, August 26 to 31, 2018
- Excessive Heat in Missouri, August 26 to 28, 2018
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, August 26 to 27, 2018
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Minnesota, August 26, 2018
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 26, 2018
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Iowa, August 26 to 27, 2018
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 26, 2018
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 26, 2018
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 26, 2018
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 26 to 27, 2018
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, August 26, 2018
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 26 to 27, 2018
More
Every storm in American Samoa in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, August 2018
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: 807370.