Name: Wildfire in Hawaii, June 10, 2010
Start: 2010-06-10T15:00
End: 2010-06-10T19:20
Location: Hawaii

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.

An 80-acre brush fire in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates subdivision in Kau destroyed two homes, apparently vacant, before being contained. The blaze was reported about 3 PM on the 10th. Shortly after the fire was reported, 50 residents from 30 homes had to be evacuated as a precaution. The blaze was officially contained at 7:20 PM. The residents were then allowed to return to their homes by 8 PM.

Besides the two houses destroyed, two vehicles and an agricultural building were consumed by the blaze. There were no reports of serious injuries. The fire was caused by a resident's barbecue that got out of control. Damage estimates were not available.

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 10, 10:13 AM HST, 4 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 10:13 AM HST, 4 hours 47 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1013 AM HST THU JUN 10 2010

.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE FAR NORTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS WILL PRODUCE FRESH TO
LOCALLY STRONG AND GUSTY TRADES THROUGH FRIDAY. TRADES WILL WEAKEN
SLIGHTLY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...AND REMAIN AT MODERATE TO FRESH
LEVELS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. LIGHT SHOWERS WILL
FOCUS OVER WINDWARD AND MOUNTAIN AREAS INTO THE WEEKEND. AN
UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE OVER THE STATE SUNDAY NIGHT ALLOWING FOR AN
INCREASE IN WINDWARD SHOWERS THROUGH TUESDAY.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN PLACE NORTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS
PROVIDING LOCALLY STRONG AND GUSTY TRADE WINDS. A WIND ADVISORY
REMAINS FOR KAHOOLAWE...THE KOHALA DISTRICTS...INTERIOR BIG
ISLAND...AND AREAS NEAR SOUTH POINT ON THE BIG ISLAND. THE WIND
ADVISORY AT THE SUMMITS HAS BEEN DROPPED AS THE WINDS AT HIGHER
ELEVATIONS HAVE DECREASED.

WINDS ACROSS THE STATE ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN THIS EVENING AS A
COLD FRONT FAR TO THE NORTHWEST NUDGES THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE
CLOSER TO THE STATE. THIS WILL DECREASE THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT...ALLOWING FOR WINDS TO DROP INTO THE MODERATE TO FRESH
RANGE. THE COLD FRONT SLOWLY DISSIPATES FAR NORTH OF THE STATE THROUGH
THE WEEKEND CONTINUING THE MODERATE TO FRESH TRADES.

GLOBAL MODELS SHOW AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH BRINGING SOME INSTABILITY
TO THE MID AND UPPER ATMOSPHERE SUNDAY AND LINGERING THROUGH
TUESDAY. INSTABILITY WILL NOT BE TOO IMPRESSIVE WITH ONLY SLIGHTLY
COLDER TEMPERATURES ALOFT...BUT THE TROUGH SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT
TO LIFT THE INVERSION LEVEL AND ALLOW FOR INCREASED CLOUD GROWTH.
THE GFS SHOWS A COINCIDENT BOOST IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE... SO SHOWER
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE FOR WINDWARD ZONES
SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY BEFORE THE UPPER TROUGH
MOVES BACK TO THE NORTH.

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR WILL PREVAIL FOR THE TERMINALS THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. WINDS
WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN AGAIN TODAY. STRONG TRADES WILL PRODUCE
ENE G35-50KT FOR THE WINDIEST VALLEYS/PASSES. PHOG MAY SEE CHANCES
OF LLVL WS ON APPROACH THRU THE CNTRL VALLEY. AIRMET TANGO FOR
TEMPO LLVL MOD TURB AOB 070 WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. A WILD
FIRE UPSLOPE FROM MAALAEA BAY COULD PRODUCE ISOL MVFR VIS 5SM FM
MAKENA TO MAALAEA...OFFSHORE TO MOLOKINI DUE TO FU.

&&

.MARINE...
SMALL CRAFT REMAINS FOR ALL AREAS TODAY. WINDS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN
THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT SO SCA WILL LIKELY BE SCALED BACK TO
WINDIER ZONES WITH THE AFTERNOON FORECAST PACKAGE.

A SMALL SOUTH SWELL IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE THIS AFTERNOON AND
REMAIN INTO FRIDAY. CHOPPY TRADE SWELL WILL PERSIST ALONG EAST
FACING SHORES THROUGH THE PERIOD.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
STRONG TRADE WINDS AND PERSISTENT DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE TODAY.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SLIGHTLY TONIGHT...SO WINDS WILL
LIKELY BE BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA ON FRIDAY.

&&

.HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING FOR KAUAI LEEWARD-
OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE
MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI LEEWARD-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY-
LEEWARD HALEAKALA-KONA-SOUTH BIG ISLAND-KOHALA.

WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING FOR KAHOOLAWE-SOUTH
BIG ISLAND-KOHALA-BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-HALEAKALA SUMMIT.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING FOR ALL
HAWAIIAN WATERS-

&&

MORRISON

Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, South Big Island

When: June 10, 3:00 PM HST to 7:20 PM HST
Where: South Big Island 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

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: 229306.