Wildfire in Hawaii, June 26, 2005

Name: Wildfire in Hawaii, June 26, 2005
Start: 2005-06-26T12:00
End: 2005-06-26T16:50
Location: Hawaii

June 26, 2005 · NWS HFO · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A fire blackened 50 acres of brush in Panakauahi Gulch near Waipio on Oahu. The blaze was close to both the H-2 Freeway and Kamehameha Highway, which adversely affected traffic for several hours.

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 blackened 50 acres of brush in Panakauahi Gulch near Waipio on Oahu. The blaze was close to both the H-2 Freeway and Kamehameha Highway, which adversely affected traffic for several hours. However, no serious property damage or injuries were reported. The origin 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 Jun 26, 11:30 AM HST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 11:30 AM HST, 30 minutes before

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1130 AM HST SUN JUN 26 2005

CORRECTED SYNOPSIS

.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH WILL MAINTAIN MODERATE TO FRESH TRADE
WINDS THROUGH THE WEEK. CLOUDS AND SHOWERS WILL FAVOR WINDWARD
AND MAUKA AREAS.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
MODERATE TRADE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WORK WEEK AS A 1032
MB HIGH REMAINS PARKED ABOUT 1300 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF THE
ISLANDS. WINDS WILL SLACKEN JUST A BIT FOR THE WEEKEND AS THE HIGH
WEAKENS AND SHIFTS EASTWARD.

SHOWERS WILL REMAIN FOCUSED OVER WINDWARD AND MAUKA AREAS THROUGH
THE FORECAST PERIOD. THE MOIST LAYER REMAINS SOMEWHAT DEEP...ABOUT
8300 FT BASED ON THE SOUNDINGS...BUT A GOOD CAPPING INVERSION
REMAINS IN PLACE. WITH LITTLE ORGANIZED MOISTURE UPSTREAM...
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS HAVE BEEN MODEST AND WILL LIKELY REMAIN THAT
WAY THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT HAS BEEN CENTERED NORTH OF THE ISLANDS FOR
FOR NEARLY A WEEK HAS CAUSED THE ELEVATED MOIST LAYER. THE UPPER
LOW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE WEEK...MAINTAINING THE SOMEWHAT ELEVATED
MOIST LAYER.

&&

.HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

WROE

The radar

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Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Central Oahu

When: June 26, 12:00 PM HST to 4:50 PM HST
Where: Central Oahu 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.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5458099.