Name: Wildfire in Hawaii, June 11, 2005
Start: 2005-06-11T09:00
End: 2005-06-11T13:00
Location: Hawaii

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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 burned 50 acres in Makaha Valley near the town of Makaha on Oahu's Waianae Coast. The fire came within 100 feet of residences along Manuku Street, though no homes were actually damaged by the flames. The brush fire did damage one fire engine, but the cost to repair the vehicle was not available. Fire officials believed that the fire was intentionally set. There were no serious injuries.

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 11, 7:30 AM HST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 7:30 AM HST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
730 AM HST SAT JUN 11 2005

UPDATED CLOUDS AND WEATHER FOR MAUI COUNTY AND THE BIG ISLAND THIS
MORNING

.SYNOPSIS...
TRADE WINDS WILL BE A LITTLE SLOWER TODAY AND TOMORROW AS HIGH
PRESSURE NORTH OF THE STATE WEAKENS SLIGHTLY. TYPICAL TRADE WIND
WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS HIGH PRESSURE
REMAINS NORTH OF THE STATE. EXPECT SHOWERS TO CONTINUE TO FAVOR THE
WINDWARD AND MAUKA AREAS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE NIGHT AND MORNING
HOURS.
&&

.UPDATE...
A CLOUD BAND THAT MOVED IN ON THE TRADE WIND FLOW OVERNIGHT
CONTINUES TO BRING CLOUDS AND SHOWERS TO WINDWARD BIG ISLAND...WITH
CLOUDS EXTENDING UP TO MAUI COUNTY. CONDITIONS WILL CLEAR LATER THIS
MORNING AS DAY TIME HEATING CAUSES THE CLOUD BAND TO DISSIPATE.

&&

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS NORTH OF THE STATE...ALTHOUGH IT HAS WEAKENED
A BIT...RESULTING IN A SLIGHT DROP IN OUR WIND SPEEDS. THE MODELS
CONTINUE TO BE IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE HANDLING OF THE HIGH
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. EXPECT THE CURRENT HIGH TO WEAKEN A
BIT...AND BE REPLACED BY A NEW HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MONDAY
NIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY.

THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...THE LAST TWO MODEL RUNS OF THE GFS150 SHOW
LITTLE CHANGE. BEYOND TUESDAY NIGHT HOWEVER...THE LATEST RUN KEEPS
THE WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 10 AND 15 KNOTS FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY. THE PREVIOUS RUN HAD WINDS SLIGHTLY STRONGER...BUT STILL
BELOW 20 KNOTS. THE MOST RECENT RUN SHOWS AN INCREASE IN WIND
SPEEDS FOR NEXT WEEKEND. LOOKING AT THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IN THE
GFS150 BETWEEN THE TWO RUNS...IT/S HARD TO DETECT A SIGNIFICANT
DIFFERENCE OVER THE ISLANDS. AS SUCH...AND WITH THAT BEING DAYS 4-6
IN THE FORECAST FEEL THE CURRENT GRIDS AROUND 15 KNOTS ARE IN LINE
FOR NOW.

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW EAST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS IS EXPECTED TO
WEAKEN AND MOVE TO THE EAST OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS. WHILE THE LOW IS
OFF TO THE EAST...ADDITIONAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED. AS
THE LOW MOVES TO THE EAST...ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW IS DEVELOPING
WEST OF THE STATE. BY TUESDAY NIGHT THIS SYSTEM COULD HELP TO BRING
IN SOME CIRRUS CLOUDS OVER THE ISLANDS FROM THE SOUTH. NEITHER OF
THESE EVENTS SHOULD HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE POPS/WEATHER FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. EXPECT TYPICAL TRADE WIND SHOWERS...MAINLY DURING
THE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS.

&&

.MARINE...
ALTHOUGH WIND SPEEDS ARE ON THE DOWNWARD TREND...THE IMPACT OF BOTH
SEAS AND WINDS COULD CAUSE SOME PROBLEMS FOR SMALL CRAFT. AS
SUCH...WILL BE LEAVING THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UP FOR TODAY.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON REPORTS HAD SURF ALONG SOUTH AND EAST FACING
SHORES STILL NEAR ADVISORY LEVEL...WHICH CAUSED THE ADVISORY TO BE
CARRIED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. BUOY DATA CONTINUED TO DECLINE
OVERNIGHT...SO WILL BE DROPPING THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY 4 AM.

&&

.HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ALL HAWAIIAN WATERS.
&&

M BALLARD/WROE

The radar

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Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Waianae Coast

When: June 11, 9:00 AM HST to 1:00 PM HST
Where: Waianae Coast forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 21.455, -157.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

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Every storm in Hawaii in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Hawaii, June 2005

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: 5458095.