Wildfire, Central Oahu
- When
- June 7, 12:30 PM HST to 6:00 PM HST
- Where
- Central Oahu forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 21.455, -157.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Hawaii, June 7, 2005
A fire scorched 70 acres of mainly brush near Waikele on the island of Oahu. A dozen residents in a neighborhood along Kaaholo and Kime streets had to flee their homes for a time because of dense smoke.
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 scorched 70 acres of mainly brush near Waikele on the island of Oahu. A dozen residents in a neighborhood along Kaaholo and Kime streets had to flee their homes for a time because of dense smoke. The origin of the fire was under investigation. There were no reports of serious injuries or property damage.
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 7, 10:00 AM HST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 10:00 AM HST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1000 AM HST TUE JUN 7 2005 .SYNOPSIS... MODERATE TRADE WINDS WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE WINDS WILL BECOME BREEZY FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE FAR NORTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS STRENGTHENS. SHOWERS WILL FAVOR WINDWARD AND MAUKA AREAS AND WILL OCCASIONALLY SPREAD LEEWARD ON THE SMALLER ISLANDS. CLOUDS AND SHOWERS WILL FORM EACH AFTERNOON OVER THE LEEWARD SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND. && .DISCUSSION... MODERATE TO BREEZY TRADE WINDS WILL STICK AROUND THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK. A 1027 MB HIGH CENTERED ABOUT 1300 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE STATE IS DRIVING THE MODERATE TRADE WINDS. THE HIGH WILL SLOWLY SHIFT WESTWARD OVER NEXT FEW DAYS AND STRENGTHEN TO AROUND 1030 MB...BOOSTING THE TRADES INTO THE BREEZY RANGE FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE HIGH WILL BEGIN TO MOVE OFF THE EAST AND WEAKEN ON SUNDAY CAUSING TRADES TO COME DOWN A NOTCH THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO RIDE IN ON THE TRADE WINDS AND FAVOR WINDWARD AND MAUKA AREAS. SOME SHOWERS WILL BE BRIEFLY BLOWN OVER LEEWARD AREAS OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS ON THE TRADES. A LOOSELY ORGANIZED BAND OF SHOWERS IMPACTED WINDWARD ISLANDS OF MOST ISLANDS OVERNIGHT...BRINGING GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE HALF AN INCH OF RAINFALL TO MOST WINDWARD GAGES. THE WETTEST GAGES MEASURED ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. THE BAND WILL CLEAR OAHU SHORTLY AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT KAUAI THROUGH MID DAY. WITH NO DISTINCT AREAS OF MOISTURE UPSTREAM OF THE STATE...WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK THESE FEATURES ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY STABLE OVER THE ISLANDS THROUGH THE WEEK WITH A BIT LESS STABILITY OVER THE EASTERN END OF THE STATE. THE ISLANDS ARE SANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO UPPER LEVEL TROUGHS THAT WILL LINGER THROUGH MOST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. THE UPPER TROUGH SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES WEST OF KAUAI IS TAPPING ELEVATED MOISTURE FROM THE ITCZ AND IS SPREADING CIRRUS OVER THE STATE. EXPECT BOUTS OF THESE HIGH CLOUDS THROUGH THE WEEK. ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH IS JUST EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. THIS TROUGH WEAKENED THE INVERSION NEAR THE BIG ISLAND...AS EVIDENCED IN THE 12Z HILO SOUNDING. THIS INSTABILITY ENHANCED THIS MORNINGS CLOUD BAND AND ALLOWED CLOUD TOPS TO BUILD AS HIGH AS 16000 FEET. && .MARINE... WILL KEEP SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY GOING FOR THE WATERS AROUND SOUTH POINT FOR WIND AT THE MARGINAL 25 KT. THE WIND LIKELY IS AS STRONG IN THE CHANNELS...BUT THE CRITERION THERE IS 30 KT. BY FRIDAY SCA CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY SPREAD TO ALL HAWAIIAN WATERS. A SOUTH SWELL MAY EXCEED ADVISORY LEVELS OF 8 FEET ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. FORERUNNERS OF THE SWELL HAVE BEEN BUILDING OVERNIGHT AT BUOY 51028 NEAR THE EQUATOR...WITH MODEL GUIDANCE BRINGING IN SWELLS AS HIGH AS 5 FEET TO THE STATE ON FRIDAY. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AROUND SOUTH POINT && WROE
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
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Minnesota, June 7 to 8, 2005
- Flash Flood in North Dakota, June 7, 2005
- Lightning Strikes in South Carolina, June 7 to 8, 2005
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 7, 2005
- Flash Flood in North Dakota, June 7 to 8, 2005
- Hail in Minnesota, June 7, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 7, 2005
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, June 7 to 8, 2005
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, June 7, 2005
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Dakota, June 7, 2005
- Flash Flood in North Dakota, June 7, 2005
- Flash Flood in Missouri, June 7, 2005
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5458094.