Wildfire, Honolulu
- When
- June 22, 6:00 PM HST to 9:00 PM HST
- Where
- Honolulu County, 1 mi NE of Kaneohe
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 21.455, -157.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Hawaii, June 22, 2001
A brush fire seared more than 30 acres of dry grassland near Marine Corps Base Hawaii. However, no serious property damage or injuries were reported.
Where it happened
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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 brush fire seared more than 30 acres of dry grassland near Marine Corps Base Hawaii. However, no serious property damage or injuries were reported.
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 Jun 22, 4:00 PM HST, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 4:00 PM HST, 2 hours before
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION AND GUIDANCE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 4 PM HST FRI JUN 22 2001 SUMMARY...THE LAST OF THE PASSING SHOWERS IS MOVING THRU MAUI COUNTY AND OAHU AND KAUAI LATER TONIGHT. TRADE WINDS WILL TURN DRY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. BARBARAS REMNANT SHOWERS ARRIVE AT HILO SUNDAY EVENING SPREADING ACROSS THE STATE MONDAY. DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING TO THE NORTH WILL KEEP TRADE WINDS MODERATE TO FRESH. THE AIR MASS BEING TRANSPORTED IN BY THE TRADE FLOW WILL TURN DRY AS UPSTREAM CLOUDINESS APPEARS QUITE STABLE..THE USUAL SUBSIDENCE PRECEDING A WET TROPICAL SYSTEM. TROPICAL DEPRESSION BARBARA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN. ITS REMNANT SHOWERS STILL EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ON THE BIG ISLAND SUNDAY EVENING AND THE REST OF THE ISLANDS MONDAY. SURF...EASTERLY SWELLS FROM BARBARA DUE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. .PHFO......WARNINGS.....NONE . WATCHES......NONE . ADVISORIES...TROPICAL DEPRESSION BARBARA
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in California, June 22 to 30, 2001
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 22 to 23, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 22 to 23, 2001
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 22, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Maryland, June 22 to 23, 2001
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, June 22, 2001
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 22, 2001
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 22 to 23, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 22, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 22, 2001
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 22, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in New York, June 22, 2001
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, June 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: 5251389.