Synoptic: Moderate to fresh easterlies will persist through the week as a strong high pressure system drift eastward.
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.
Synoptic: Moderate to fresh easterlies will persist through the week as a strong high pressure system drift eastward.
1 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.
PacIOOS Aunu'u wave buoy recorded seas of 8 to 11 feet, peaking at 9 to 12 feet, which translates to surfs of translating to 10 to 14 feet throughout the Advisory period from September 1st until September 7th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in American Samoa in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, September 2018
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: 808621.