Wildfire, Kauai Leeward
- When
- June 5, 7:00 PM HST to June 11, 5:00 PM HST
- Where
- Kauai Leeward forecast zone
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 22.011, -159.705 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Hawaii, June 5 to 11, 2015
A blaze charred 400 acres of dry brush along Pokii Ridge, upslope from Kokee Road, on Kauai. It did not threaten any homes, cause any serious damage, or result in any significant injuries.
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 charred 400 acres of dry brush along Pokii Ridge, upslope from Kokee Road, on Kauai. It did not threaten any homes, cause any serious damage, or result in any significant injuries. The cause of the fire was unknown.
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 5, 3:30 PM HST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 3:30 PM HST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 330 PM HST FRI JUN 5 2015 .SYNOPSIS... LIGHT TRADE WINDS AND A MOSTLY DRY WEATHER PATTERN WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR CLEAR SKIES DURING NIGHTS AND MORNINGS...WITH CLOUDS AND A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER THE ISLANDS IN THE AFTERNOONS. TRADE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...AND A SEASONABLE TRADE WIND WEATHER PATTERN WILL PREVAIL NEXT WEEK...WITH BRIEF WINDWARD SHOWERS FAVORING NIGHTS AND MORNINGS. && .DISCUSSION... CURRENTLY A LIGHT TO LOCALLY MODERATE...AND DIMINISHING...TRADE WIND FLOW PREVAILS OVER ISLAND WATERS. A 1027 MB SURFACE HIGH IS CENTERED ABOUT 1600 MILES NE OF OAHU...AND ITS ASSOCIATED RIDGE EXTENDS TO AN AREA ABOUT 300 MILES N OF OAHU. THE LEADING EDGE OF A NE-SW ORIENTED FRONT ABOUT 700 MILES NW OF KAUAI IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SOUTHWARD SUPPRESSION OF THE RIDGE...AND THE WEAKENED TRADE WIND FLOW. THE FLOW IS SUFFICIENTLY LIGHT OVER LAND TO HAVE ALLOWED SEA BREEZES TO DRIVE CLOUD FORMATION OVER THE ISLANDS FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A STABLE AND RELATIVELY DRY ATMOSPHERE HAS LIMITED THE RAINFALL FROM THESE CLOUDS...WITH RADAR BARELY DETECTING ISOLATED SHOWERS. THE FORECAST CALLS FOR THE FRONT TO MOVE SE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE STALLING ABOUT 350 MILES NW OF KAUAI THROUGH SUNDAY. THE FRONT IS THEN FORECAST TO GRADUALLY DISSIPATE AS THE HIGH TO THE NE ALSO GRADUALLY WEAKENS AND DISSIPATES. A NEW HIGH BUILDING N OF THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL SUPPORT A STRENGTHENING TRADE WIND FLOW... WITH MODERATE TO LOCALLY FRESH TRADE WINDS PREVAILING THROUGH NEXT WEEK. WITH THE FRONT APPROACHING AND STALLING NEARBY...A WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE AREA WILL SUPPORT A LIGHT TRADE WIND FLOW...WITH WINDS SLIGHTLY STRONGER AT THE LATITUDE OF THE BIG ISLAND. THE WINDS WILL BE LIGHT ENOUGH THROUGH THE WEEKEND TO ALLOW LAND BREEZES TO CLEAR MOST ISLAND SKIES AT NIGHT...AND SEA BREEZES TO LEAD TO INCREASING CLOUDS OVER THE ISLANDS IN THE LATE MORNINGS AND AFTERNOONS. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE STABLE AND RELATIVELY DRY...SO THESE CLOUDS WILL PRODUCE FEW SHOWERS. THE LIGHT TRADE FLOW WILL ALSO BRING A CHANCE OF NIGHT AND MORNING CLOUDS AND SHOWERS TO WINDWARD COASTAL AREAS...MAINLY ON THE BIG ISLAND. MODERATE TRADE WINDS WILL PREVAIL NEXT WEEK...BRINGING PERIODS OF CLOUDS AND SHOWERS TO WINDWARD AREAS...ESPECIALLY NIGHTS AND MORNINGS. ONE CAVEAT TO THE OTHERWISE BENIGN TRADE WIND WEATHER PATTERN INVOLVES A DEVELOPING TROUGH ALOFT...WHICH WILL REPLACE THE RIDGE ALOFT THAT CURRENTLY EXTENDS OVER THE AREA FROM THE E. THE AXIS OF THIS TROUGH WILL BE NEAR THE BIG ISLAND FROM SUNDAY THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK...AND ASSOCIATED INSTABILITY MAY LEAD TO INCREASED TRADE SHOWERS THERE. && .AVIATION... LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR LAND BREEZES TO DEVELOP TONIGHT. THIS WILL HELP CLEAR OUT MOST SMALLER ISLAND AREAS AS WELL AS LEEWARD BIG ISLAND OVERNIGHT. ONLY LIGHT PASSING SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED...IF ANY...AND MAINLY ALONG WINDWARD AREAS. VFR WILL PREVAIL IN THOSE AREAS. A PATCH OF CLOUDS UPSTREAM...BETWEEN 100 AND 200 MILES FROM PHTO WILL MOVE INTO WINDWARD BIG ISLAND TONIGHT. AREAS FROM UPOLU POINT TO APUA POINT CAN EXPECT PERIODS TEMPO MVFR CIGS AND VIS INTO SATURDAY MORNING AS THE CLOUD PATCH APPROACHES. && .MARINE... A SMALL NW SWELL WILL BUILD TONIGHT...PEAK SATURDAY AND LOWER SUNDAY...WITH PEAK SURF HEIGHTS WELL BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. SWELLS ARRIVING FROM THE S AND SSW WILL KEEP SEASONABLY-SIZED SURF ALONG S FACING SHORES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH SURF EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. A RELATIVELY LONG PERIOD E SWELL GENERATED BY HURRICANE ANDRES IN THE E PACIFIC WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED...BUT BELOW ADVISORY-LEVEL...SURF ALONG E FACING SHORES THIS WEEKEND... DESPITE THE LOCAL DROP IN TRADE WIND SPEEDS. THE COLLABORATIVE NEARSHORE SWELL AND WIND FORECAST /SRDHFO/ HAS BEEN UPDATED AND CONTAINS DETAILS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL REMAIN BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY /SCA/ THRESHOLDS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...WITH WINDS POTENTIALLY BECOMING STRONG ENOUGH TO WARRANT A SCA IN THE WINDY ZONES AROUND MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND NEXT WEEK. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && DISCUSSION/MARINE...BIRCHARD AVIATION...EATON
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
- Tornado in Colorado, June 5, 2015
- Heat in Oklahoma, June 5 to 9, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Kansas, June 5, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Utah, June 5 to 6, 2015
- Flooding and Hail in California, June 5 to 9, 2015
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 5, 2015
- Tornado and Hail in Nevada, June 5, 2015
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 5, 2015
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 5, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Montana, June 5, 2015
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Colorado, June 5, 2015
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Kansas, June 5 to 6, 2015
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, June 2015
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: 578436.