Wildfire, Hawaii
- When
- November 22, 2:30 PM HST to 8:30 PM HST
- Where
- Hawaii County, 6 mi NNE of Kailua Kona
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 19.602, -155.523 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Hawaii, November 22, 2001
A fire burned about 300 acres of brush near the Kona Acres subdivision. At 4:30 PM, 40 Kukuna Street homes were evacuated when the fire moved to within one mile of the structures.
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 fire burned about 300 acres of brush near the Kona Acres subdivision. At 4:30 PM, 40 Kukuna Street homes were evacuated when the fire moved to within one mile of the structures. Residents, however, were allowed to return by 6:30 PM. No serious property damage or injuries were reported. The cause of the fire was unknown.
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 Nov 22, 9:44 AM HST, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 22, 9:44 AM HST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION AND GUIDANCE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 4 AM HST THU NOV 22 2001 SUMMARY...EXPECT MOSTLY SUNNY AND CLEAR SKIES THROUGH SATURDAY. STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL SET UP WEST AND NORTHWEST OF HAWAII BEGINNING SUNDAY...HERALDING A CHANGE TO CLOUDIER AND WETTER CONDITIONS THROUGH MIDWEEK NEXT WEEK. DISCUSSION...GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS AND LOW INVERSION HEIGHTS CONTINUE TO KEEP CLOUD COVER AND RAINFALL AT A MINIMUM. WINDS ARE LIGHT AND FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 15 MPH...ALLOWING LAND AND SEABREEZES TO DEVELOP. HAWAII REMAINS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF WEAK HIGH PRESSURE...BUT A CHANGE IS COMING. BY SUNDAY...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEST OF THE STATE. SINCE THIS LOW WILL EXTEND THROUGH MID-LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...A DEEP LAYER OF TROPICAL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE ISLANDS. INCREASING INSTABILITY WILL INTRODUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY SHOWERS BEGINNING SUNDAY AND LASTING THROUGH MIDWEEK. UNFORTUNATELY...OUR MODELS ARE LESS THAN PRECISE ON WHERE AND WHEN HEAVY SHOWERS MAY OCCUR SO...FOR NOW...IT IS SUFFICIENT TO SAY THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR HEAVY SHOWERS STATEWIDE SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. POWELL .PHFO.....WARNINGS.....NONE . WATCHES......NONE . ADVISORIES...NONE
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
- Winter Storm in Utah, November 22 to 23, 2001
- High Wind in California, November 22, 2001
- Winter Storm in Colorado, November 22 to 23, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Montana, November 22 to 23, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, November 22 to 25, 2001
- Dust Storm and Damaging Wind in California, November 22, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, November 22 to 23, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, November 22, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, November 22, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, November 22 to 23, 2001
- High Wind in Oregon, November 22, 2001
- Winter Storm in Utah, November 22 to 23, 2001
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, November 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: 5272313.