Wildfire in Hawaii, June 22, 2014

Name: Wildfire in Hawaii, June 22, 2014
Start: 2014-06-22T10:30
End: 2014-06-22T22:00
Location: Hawaii

June 22, 2014 · NWS HFO · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A blaze consumed 270 acres of sugar cane in Paia on the island of Maui. The cane was owned by the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company, HC&S.

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 consumed 270 acres of sugar cane in Paia on the island of Maui. The cane was owned by the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company, HC&S.

The cause of the fire was under investigation. There were no significant injuries. The cost of damages had not been assessed.

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 22, 10:07 AM HST, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 10:07 AM HST, 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1007 AM HST SUN JUN 22 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
GENTLE TRADE WINDS TODAY WILL INCREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...
BECOMING BREEZY BY TUESDAY. SHOWERS WILL FAVOR WINDWARD AREAS...
AND THE LEEWARD BIG ISLAND IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A FEW SHOWERS
WILL REACH LEEWARD LOCATIONS OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS AT NIGHT AND
DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
GENTLE TRADE WINDS TODAY WILL BRING PASSING WINDWARD SHOWERS
WHILE LEEWARD SMALLER ISLAND AREAS WILL REMAIN MOSTLY SUNNY AND
DRY. SEA BREEZES WILL BRING AFTERNOON CLOUDINESS WITH ACCOMPANYING
SHOWERS TO THE LEEWARD BIG ISLAND WITH LAND BREEZES CLEARING SKIES
OVERNIGHT. NIGHTTIME WINDWARD SHOWERS WILL INCREASE WITH SOME
RAINFALL REACHING LEEWARD LOCATIONS. THESE DIURNAL RAINFALL
PATTERNS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK.

WEAK HIGH PRESSURE NORTHWEST OF THE ISLANDS IS PROPELLING LIGHT TO
MODERATE TRADE WINDS ACROSS THE STATE. THE HIGH WILL MOVE NORTH
OF THE ISLANDS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND STRENGTHEN. EASTERLY
TRADES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE WITH WIND SPEEDS
INCREASING THROUGH TUESDAY AS THE HIGH SLOWLY STRENGTHENS. BREEZY
TRADE WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
THE WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...
OBSERVATIONS INDICATE A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS IS IN
PLACE...WITH THE INVERSION HEIGHT BASED NEAR 10 KFT...LEADING TO
SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN NORMAL CLOUD TOPS. WHILE PREVAILING CONDITIONS
WILL BE VFR AT THE TERMINALS...A CLUMP OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
APPROACHING PHLI FROM THE E IS EXPECTED TO BRING TEMPO MVFR VIS/CIG
IN SHRA THROUGH 00Z. MVFR CIG IS ALSO EXPECTED AT PHNY THROUGH
MIDDAY AS SEA BREEZES LEAD TO LOW CLOUD DEVELOPMENT. GENTLE TRADE
WINDS WILL OTHERWISE FOCUS LIMITED MOISTURE ALONG WINDWARD SLOPES...
BUT WILL ALSO ALLOW LEEWARD SEA BREEZES TO DRIVE ISOL MVFR VIS/CIG
IN AFTERNOON CLOUDS/SHRA...ESPECIALLY ON THE BIG ISLAND.

&&

.MARINE...
THE TRADE WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS
THROUGH MONDAY. ANOTHER SURGE IN WIND SPEEDS IS EXPECTED TUESDAY WITH
SCA CONDITIONS LIKELY OVER THE WINDIER WATERS AROUND THE BIG
ISLAND AND MAUI.

BACKGROUND SOUTHERLY SWELLS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEK. A SLIGHTLY
BIGGER SOUTH SWELL IS EXPECTED THURSDAY THAT COULD BRING A BUMP IN
SURF.

&&

.HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

MORRISON...DISCUSSION AND MARINE
BIRCHARD...AVIATION

Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Windward Haleakala

When: June 22, 10:30 AM HST to 10:00 PM HST
Where: Windward Haleakala 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

Every storm in Hawaii in 2014 Every state in 2014 This day in weather history Warnings in Hawaii, June 2014

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: 520334.