High Wind, Maui
- When
- December 12, 6:30 PM HST to December 14, 3:30 PM HST
- Where
- Maui forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 22.011, -159.705 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Hawaii, December 12 to 14, 2001
An upper-air low passing south of the state caused east to southeast winds of 50 to 70 mph near the summit of Mt. Haleakala in East Maui.
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.
An upper-air low passing south of the state caused east to southeast winds of 50 to 70 mph near the summit of Mt. Haleakala in East Maui. No serious injuries or property damage were reported, however.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Honolulu, HI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 12, 5:04 PM HST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 5:04 PM HST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
NARRATIVE SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION FOR WAKE ISLAND...UPDATED ...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WAKE ISLAND. OUR SATELLITE LOOPS SHOW A WEAK FRONTAL CLOUD BAND MOVING OVER WAKE FROM THE NORTWEST. THE BACK EDGE OF THE BAND IS ABOUT 20 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHWEST OF WAKE AND SHOULD CLEAR WAKE IN A COUPLE OF HOURS. WHEN THE FRONTAL BAND CLEARS WAKE YOUR WEATHER WILL BECOME FAIR AND YOUR WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO NORTHEAST. NORTHWEST SWELL IS FORECAST TO RISE TO 10 FEET THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO RISE...PEAKING NEAR 16 FEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WAKE TIME. PLEASE SEE HIGH SURF ADVISORIES FROM WFO GUAM FOR DETAILS.
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
- Hurricane in Guam, December 12 to 20, 2001
- Avalanche in Alaska, December 12, 2001
- Tornadoes in Texas, December 12, 2001
- Tornado in Louisiana, December 12, 2001
- Tornado in Louisiana, December 12, 2001
- Blizzard in Oregon, December 12 to 13, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 12 to 14, 2001
- Flooding in Tennessee, December 12, 2001
- High Wind in Oregon, December 12 to 14, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 12 to 14, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 12 to 13, 2001
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Louisiana, December 12, 2001
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, December 2001
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: 5275704.