Wildfire, Kauai Leeward
- When
- June 15, 2:00 PM HST to June 16, 4:00 PM HST
- Where
- Kauai Leeward forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 22.011, -159.705 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Hawaii, June 15 to 16, 2005
Brush fires scorched 80 acres near Waimea and 200 acres in the vicinity of Anahola on the Garden Isle of Kauai. No serious injuries occurred at either location, and there was no serious property damage in Waimea.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Brush fires scorched 80 acres near Waimea and 200 acres in the vicinity of Anahola on the Garden Isle of Kauai. No serious injuries occurred at either location, and there was no serious property damage in Waimea. Only two small sheds on private property were damaged near Anahola, though damage estimates were unavailable. Fire fighting assets were stretched thin by these two, almost simultaneous, blazes at opposite ends of Kauai. County officials believed the fires were accidentally set.
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 15, 10:01 AM HST, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 10:01 AM HST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1001 AM HST WED JUN 15 2005 CORRECTION TO WORDING IN MARINE SECTION .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE ISLANDS WILL KEEP LOCALLY BREEZY TRADE WINDS BLOWING. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN STABLE...SO RAINFALL WILL BE LIMITED. SOUTH SWELLS CONTINUE TO ROLL IN...WITH SURF ALONG SOUTH FACING SHORES PEAKING TOMORROW NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. && .SHORT TERM... SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS SCATTERED CLOUDS OVER MOST AREAS OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS BUT AN AREA OF STABLE BROKEN TO OVERCAST STRATOCUMULUS EXTENDS EAST AND SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND AND A NARROW LINE OF SHOWERY CUMULUS EXTENDS EAST OF OAHU. THE ATMOSPHERE NEAR THE ISLANDS REMAINS STABLE...WITH STRONG LOW INVERSIONS SHOWING ON BOTH LIHUE AND HILO SOUNDINGS. THIS STABILITY WILL KEEP RAINFALL LIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH IS MAINTAINING A STRONG ENOUGH GRADIENT OVER THE ISLANDS TO KEEP TRADE WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH 25 MPH SPEEDS OVER WINDY SPOTS LIKE SOUTH POINT AND UPOLU POINT. && .LONG TERM... THE COMPUTER MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT OVER THE NEXT WEEK. THE MODELS KEEP SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH OF THE ISLANDS. THE GRADIENT OVER THE ISLANDS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY TIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY THEN GRADUALLY SLACKEN NEXT WEEK AS THE HIGH CENTER SHIFTS FARTHER NORTHEAST. THE GFS 150 SHOWS THE TRADES BECOMING RATHER LIGHT BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. AN UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONE ABOUT 500 MILES NORTH OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY MOVE FARTHER NORTH. AS THE ANTICYCLONE SHIFTS NORTH...AN EAST NORTHEAST TO WEST SOUTHWEST TROUGH WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE ISLANDS STARTING TONIGHT AND SHIFT NORTH OF THE ISLANDS BY SATURDAY. AS THE TROUGH DEEPENS NORTH OF THE ISLANDS THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE ISLANDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME LESS STABLE. A COMBINATION OF INSTABILITY AND LIGHT WINDS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY AFTERNOON CONVECTION NEXT WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY...BUT IT IS BEST TO BE A BIT SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE COMPUTER FORECASTS THAT FAR OUT. && .MARINE... WINDS SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND REMAIN NEAR 25 MPH SO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL REMAIN POSTED FOR THAT AREA. THE NEXT SOUTH SWELL WILL ARRIVE TOMORROW AND PEAK NEAR THE ADVISORY THRESHOLD OF 8 FEET TOMORROW NIGHT. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL PROBABLY BE REQUIRED. ANOTHER SOUTH SWELL ARRIVING SATURDAY AND PEAKING SUNDAY MORNING MAY REQUIRE ANOTHER ADVISORY. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WATERS SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND. && DONALDSON
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Wildfire, Kauai Windward
- When
- June 15, 2:00 PM HST to June 16, 4:00 PM HST
- Where
- Kauai Windward forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
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
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 15, 2005
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- Tornado in Pennsylvania, June 15, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 15, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 15 to 16, 2005
- Heat in South Carolina, June 15, 2005
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 15, 2005
- Flash Flood in New York, June 15, 2005
- Drought in Illinois, June 15 to 30, 2005
- High Surf in Hawaii, June 15 to 17, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 15, 2005
- Drought in Illinois, June 15 to 30, 2005
More
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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: 5458097, 5458098.