Wildfire, Maui Central Valley
- When
- July 31, 10:20 AM HST to 11:30 PM HST
- Where
- Maui Central Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- Newspaper
Wildfire in Hawaii, July 31, 2010
A fire burned about 170 acres of dry brush on the Haleakala side of Maui Raceway Park between Puunene and Kihei in Maui's Central Valley on the 31st of the month. No serious injuries were reported, and no structures had been threatened.
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 burned about 170 acres of dry brush on the Haleakala side of Maui Raceway Park between Puunene and Kihei in Maui's Central Valley on the 31st of the month. No serious injuries were reported, and no structures had been threatened. The cause of the blaze remained under investigation by county officials.
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 Jul 31, 10:00 AM HST, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 10:00 AM HST, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1000 AM HST SAT JUL 31 2010 .SYNOPSIS... PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND MODERATE TO STRONG TRADE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK. PASSING SHOWERS WILL FAVOR THE NIGHT AND MORNING HOURS...AND WINDWARD AND MAUKA SECTIONS. && .DISCUSSION... A LARGE SUBTROPICAL HIGH CENTERED FAR TO THE NORTHEAST NEAR 40N143W AND A RIDGE SOUTHWEST OF THE HIGH AND NORTH OF THE ISLANDS WILL CONTINUE TO DICTATE ISLAND WEATHER THROUGH NEXT WEEK. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT SOUTH OF THE RIDGE AND ACROSS OF THE STATE WILL BE STEEP ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN MODERATE LOCALLY BRISK TRADE WINDS. AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH OVER AND JUST NORTH OF THE STATE WILL MOVE OFF TO THE WEST...ALLOWING AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO SLIP SOUTHWESTWARD OVER THE ISLANDS BY MONDAY. WITH THE TROUGH SQUATTING OVER US... SUBSIDENCE WILL DECREASE...THE TEMPERATURE INVERSION LIFT AND A SLIGHT INCREASE IN MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. MODELS SHOW NO SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PRECIPITABLE WATER HOWEVER...SO RAINFALL TOTALS SHOULD NOT BE THAT GREAT. BY THURSDAY...THE TROUGH ALOFT WILL HAVE MOVED WEST AND AN UPPER RIDGE WILL HAVE TAKEN ITS TURN OVER THE ISLANDS. THE RIDGE ALOFT SHOULD DRY US OUT AGAIN THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. BOTTOM LINE...MORE TRADE WINDS WITH MINOR CHANGES IN CLOUD COVER...WIND SPEED AND RAINFALL. && .MARINE... THE MODERATE TO STRONG TRADE WINDS REQUIRE A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE WINDIER CHANNELS AND COASTAL WATERS EAST AND SOUTH OF MOLOKAI THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SWELL AND SURF ALONG SOUTH-FACING SHORES WILL SLOWLY LOWER THROUGH MONDAY. A SOUTH SWELL WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY... WITH SOUTH SHORE SURF LIKELY REACHING ADVISORY LEVEL FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. && .AVIATION... FAIRLY TYPICAL TRADE WND WEATHER EXP THRU THE DAY. THE TERMINALS SHOULD REMAIN PREDOMINANTLY VFR THRU THE PERIOD. WINDWARD TERMINALS MAY PICK UP A SHORT LIVED MVFR CIG/VIS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HRS. PHNY WILL LIKELY SEE SPORADIC MVFR CIGS 025-030 THRU THE MID AFTN. FRESH ENE TRADE WND G25-35KT TODAY AND THE RESULTANT LOW LEVEL TURB WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN AGAIN TODAY. AIRMET TANGO IS IN EFFECT AND WILL BE STICKING AROUND FOR SOME TIME YET. EXPECT PLENTY OF CHOP AOB 080. PHNL...VFR. LIGHT/MOD CHOP DURD/DURC. PHOG...VFR. TRADES NE G25-35KT AT TIMES. HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY REPORTS OF LLWS YET THIS MORNING. WITH SIMILAR COND AS FRI...THE POSSIBILITY OF PLENTY OF TURB AND/OR LLWS IS POSSIBLE DURD. && .FIRE WEATHER... LOCALLY STRONG TRADE WINDS AND A DRY LOWER ATMOSPHERE WARRANTS A RED FLAG WARNING. THE CHANCE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH WILL BE GREATEST THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE EXTENDED THROUGH SUNDAY. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING FOR LEEWARD SECTIONS OF ALL ISLANDS. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM HST SUNDAY FOR HALEAKALA AND BIG ISLAND SUMMITS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM HST SUNDAY FOR MAALAEA BAY... PAILOLO AND ALENUIHAHA CHANNELS...WATERS SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND. && CRAIG/DEJESUS
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
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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: 240776.