High Wind, Oahu
- When
- March 20, 7:05 AM HST to March 21, 4:00 PM HST
- Where
- Oahu forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
High Wind in Hawaii, March 20 to 21, 1999
Wind gusts to 55 mph caused power failures and traffic problems in Oahu. There were many reports of downed trees and branches.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Wind gusts to 55 mph caused power failures and traffic problems in Oahu. There were many reports of downed trees and branches. A tree fell across Likelike Highway, and another tree was blown into power lines near the top of Tantalus Drive leaving about 200 customers without power for more than 10 hours. Two homes, one in Palolo and another in Wailupe, lost portions of their roof, due to high gusts.On Maui, there were numerous smaller incidents, affecting about a dozen customers at a time, from falling tree limbs, especially upcountry.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Maui
- When
- March 20, 7:05 AM HST to March 21, 4:00 PM HST
- Where
- Maui forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 22.011, -159.705 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
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The same day elsewhere
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: 5686280, 5686281.