High Wind, Maui
- When
- July 26, 10:00 PM HST to 10:15 PM HST
- Where
- Maui forecast zone
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 22.011, -159.705 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Hawaii, July 26, 1999
Winds gusted to over 70 mph for a short time in the Maalaea area of Maui. A strengthening high pressure cell to the north of the Hawaiian islands caused the high winds.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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.
Winds gusted to over 70 mph for a short time in the Maalaea area of Maui. A strengthening high pressure cell to the north of the Hawaiian islands caused the high winds.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Oklahoma, July 26 to 31, 1999
- Heat in South Carolina, July 26 to 31, 1999
- Heat and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 26, 1999
- Heat in Arkansas, July 26, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 26, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 26, 1999
- Flash Flood in Arizona, July 26, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 26, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 26, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 26, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 26, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 26, 1999
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, July 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: 5707004.