High Surf, Tutuila
- When
- September 23, 3:00 PM SST to 5:00 PM SST
- Where
- Tutuila forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
Meteorologist Hans reported high surf impacting roadways. Debris from surfs made it difficult for drivers.
High Surf in American Samoa, September 23, 2019
Surfs up to 18 feet impacted coastal shores due to large southerly swells.
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.
Surfs up to 18 feet impacted coastal shores due to large southerly swells.
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.
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More
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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: 858374.