Dust Devil, Oahu
- When
- February 20, 8:25 PM HST
- Where
- Oahu forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Dust Devil in Hawaii, February 20, 1999
A house in Nanakuli sustained wind damage from what appeared to be a huge dust devil or vortex of strong winds. The foundation of the house was lifted off and twisted, while nearby homes were barely touched.
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 HFO wrote it up.
A house in Nanakuli sustained wind damage from what appeared to be a huge dust devil or vortex of strong winds. The foundation of the house was lifted off and twisted, while nearby homes were barely touched. There was a lot of debris in the air.
Event by event
1 dust devil. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Dust Devil
- A small rotating column of dust from surface heating that caused damage or injury.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Surf in California, February 20, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, February 20 to 22, 1999
- Winter Storm in California, February 20 to 21, 1999
- Winter Storm in California, February 20 to 21, 1999
- High Wind in Oregon, February 20, 1999
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, February 20 to 21, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, February 20 to 21, 1999
- Flood in Hawaii, February 20, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, February 20, 1999
- Flood in Hawaii, February 20, 1999
- High Wind in Washington, February 20, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, February 20 to 21, 1999
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, February 1999
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: 5688199.