Wildfire in Hawaii, January 21 to 25, 2006

Name: Wildfire in Hawaii, January 21 to 25, 2006
Start: 2006-01-21T16:40
End: 2006-01-25T14:00
Location: Hawaii

January 21 to 25, 2006 · NWS HFO · 1 event in 1 county or zone

5 miles south of Puuanahulu or 14 miles northeast of Kailua-Kona. The blaze was likely started by lightning.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: $50,000
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 torched more than 600 acres of brush and grassland on the lee side of the Big Island of Hawaii, about 2.5 miles south of Puuanahulu or 14 miles northeast of Kailua-Kona. The blaze was likely started by lightning. The fire apparently damaged crops or valuable plants in the area, but fire officials did not specify exactly what was lost that was worth around $50 thousand. Finally, there were no serious injuries reported.

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 Jan 21, 4:00 PM HST, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 4:00 PM HST, 40 minutes before

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Kona

When: January 21, 4:40 PM HST to January 25, 2:00 PM HST
Where: Kona forecast zone
Crop damage: $50,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 19.602, -155.523 (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

Every storm in Hawaii in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Hawaii, January 2006

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5488399.