Wildfire, Waianae Coast
- When
- July 25, 2:00 PM HST to July 26, 6:00 AM HST
- Where
- Waianae Coast forecast zone
- Reported by
- Newspaper
- Coordinates
- 21.455, -157.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Hawaii, July 25 to 26, 2012
A blaze broke out over a 100-acre area of dry brush and grass in western Oahu, near a bus turn-around at Haleahi and Waianae Valley roads. Police evacuated several homes along Waianae Valley Road as a precaution.
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 blaze broke out over a 100-acre area of dry brush and grass in western Oahu, near a bus turn-around at Haleahi and Waianae Valley roads. Police evacuated several homes along Waianae Valley Road as a precaution. The exact cause of the fire was not reported. There were no significant injuries. The cost of any damages was 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 Jul 25, 10:04 AM HST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 10:04 AM HST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1004 AM HST WED JUL 25 2012 .SYNOPSIS... CURRENT MODERATE / FRESH TRADE WINDS AROUND THE STATE WILL WEAKEN TO MODERATE BY THURSDAY WHILE RELATIVELY DRY AND STABLE AIR WILL KEEP SHOWERS LIMITED. SMALL PULSES OF MOISTURE MAY POSSIBLY MOVE IN WITH THE TRADES FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. INCREASING SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE BIG ISLAND EARLY NEXT WEEK AS DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE APPROACHES. && .DISCUSSION... A WEAKENING 1032 MB HIGH NORTH OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS IS DRIVING MODERATE / FRESH TRADE WINDS ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. THE WINDS CARRIED IN SOME CLOUDS AND SHOWERS TO THE WINDWARD SIDES OF THE ISLANDS EARLIER THIS MORNING...BUT THEY/RE BECOMING MORE DIFFUSE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGH THE DAY. SOUNDINGS FROM EARLY THIS MORNING SHOWED PRECIPITABLE WATER /PW/ VALUES AROUND 1.25 INCHES WHICH IS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. AMSU/SSMI SATELLITE DERIVED PW SHOWS DRIER AIR MOVING IN FROM IMMEDIATELY UPSTREAM...AND A SMALL BAND OF MOISTURE ABOUT 300 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS. STABLE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST STATEWIDE THROUGH SUNDAY AND WILL KEEP ANY PASSING SHOWERS ON THE LIGHT SIDE. FOR TODAY...LOOKS LIKE MOSTLY SUNNY WEATHER FOR LEEWARD SIDES...WHILE WINDWARD AND MAUKA SECTIONS WILL BE PARTLY SUNNY WITH CONTINUED ISOLATED SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. THE RELATIVELY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE HIGH TO THE NORTH WILL SLIDE WEST FROM NOW THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...WHILE WEAKENING SLIGHTLY. THIS WILL ALLOW WINDS TO WEAKEN TO MODERATE BREEZES THURSDAY WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SELECT LEEWARD SIDES OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS...PARTICULARLY MAUI AND OAHU...COULD POSSIBLY SEE SOME ONSHORE FLOW / LEEWARD CLOUD BUILD UPS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS WHEN THE TRADES REACH THEIR MINIMUM. SMALL PULSES OF MOISTURE MAY POSSIBLY MOVE IN WITH THE TRADES FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BUT THE LIGHTER TRADE WINDS AND STABLE CONDITIONS WILL KEEP THE CLOUDS AND SHOWERS CONFINED MOSTLY TO THE WINDWARD SLOPES. UNDER THE TRADE FLOW REGIME...MOST OF THE SHOWERS WILL OCCUR DURING THE NIGHTTIME AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. LONG RANGE MODELS ARE SHOWING A SHIELD OF DEEP MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE SLIDING PAST THE BIG ISLAND MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE TROPICAL WAVE PASSING SHOULD TIGHTEN UP THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE STATE AND WILL BUMP THE TRADE WIND STRENGTH BACK UP TO FRESH BREEZES FOR THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT ALL TAF SITES AROUND THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. BRIEF MVFR CIGS AND MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS FOR WINDWARD SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND AND KAUAI THIS MORNING TO DISSIPATE BY MIDDAY. AIRMET TANGO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LOW LEVEL TURBULENCE S AND SW OF THE HAWAIIAN MOUNTAINS DUE TO THE BREEZY TRADE WINDS. THIS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. && .MARINE... THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE FOR TYPICALLY WINDIER PLACES AROUND MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE TRADE WINDS WILL BE WEAKENING BY THAT TIME AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CANCEL IT. WINDS AND SWELL IS EXPECTED TO BE SMALL ENOUGH NOT TO WARRANT ANY WATER ADVISORIES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM HST THURSDAY FOR MAALAEA BAY- PAILOLO CHANNEL-ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL-BIG ISLAND LEEWARD WATERS-BIG ISLAND SOUTHEAST WATERS. && DISCUSSION/MARINE...FOSTER AVIATION...FUJII
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
- Heat in Tennessee, July 25 to 26, 2012
- Heat in Illinois, July 25, 2012
- Rip Current in North Carolina, July 25, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 25, 2012
- Hail in Nebraska, July 25, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 25, 2012
- Wildfire in Missouri, July 25 to 31, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 25, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 25, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Michigan, July 25, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 25, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 25, 2012
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, July 2012
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: 388696.