High Surf · American Samoa

High Surf September 4, 2020 – September 5, 2020 · Swains, American Samoa

$10K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Two alia boats battled 24 hours out at sea due to steep wave heights.

The wider storm

American Samoa was at a boundary of a ridge and trough over the weekend of the first week of September. This episode allowed for tight pressure gradient-influenced winds and flooding conditions. Such winds prompted steep seas for mariners.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 909841. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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