High Wind, West Hawaii
- When
- March 21, 8:00 PM HST to March 22, 3:00 AM HST
- Where
- West Hawaii forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 21.455, -157.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Hawaii, March 21 to 22, 2000
A strong area of high pressure north of the islands generated sustained winds at 29 to 35 mph, with gusts to 46 mph, in the leeward Kohala part of the Big Island, from Waimea to Kawaihae.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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.
A strong area of high pressure north of the islands generated sustained winds at 29 to 35 mph, with gusts to 46 mph, in the leeward Kohala part of the Big Island, from Waimea to Kawaihae.
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, March 21 to 22, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 21 to 22, 2000
- Hail in Texas, March 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Pennsylvania, March 21 to 23, 2000
- Winter Storm and Heavy Rain in Virginia, March 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Winter Storm in Maryland, March 21 to 22, 2000
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, March 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in New Jersey, March 21 to 22, 2000
- Winter Storm in New Mexico, March 21 to 23, 2000
- Flooding in New Jersey, March 21 to 22, 2000
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, March 21, 2000
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, March 21 to 22, 2000
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, March 2000
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: 5136840.