A strong ridge of high pressure to the south interacts with a surface trough to the north causing high winds over the territory.
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.
A strong ridge of high pressure to the south interacts with a surface trough to the north causing high winds over the territory.
2 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
USCG reported increased frequency of winds in the Pago Pago Harbor. Wise Honest Vessel anchored in the harbor was swaying back and forth due to strong winds.
Plane went into airport pond due to high winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in American Samoa in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, June 2019
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: 824342, 824341.