High Surf, Tutuila
- When
- September 19, 9:30 AM SST to 9:55 AM SST
- Where
- Tutuila forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
A canoe with 6 rowers capsized in Utulei due to rough seas. Rowers had a difficult time flipping canoe back to its upright position.
High Surf in American Samoa, September 19, 2019
A strong storm near New Zealand produced swell periods of 14 to 16 seconds, which generated high surfs around 14 ft.
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 storm near New Zealand produced swell periods of 14 to 16 seconds, which generated high surfs around 14 ft.
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
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- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Wisconsin, September 19 to 24, 2019
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Louisiana, September 19, 2019
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, September 19, 2019
- Flooding and Hail in Texas, September 19, 2019
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, September 19, 2019
- Flash Flooding in Nebraska, September 19, 2019
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, September 19, 2019
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Iowa, September 19, 2019
- Flood and Heavy Rain in Minnesota, September 19, 2019
More
Every storm in American Samoa in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in American Samoa, September 2019
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: 858358.