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Strong Wind in East Puget Sound Lowlands, Washington

Strong Wind January 9, 2023 · East Puget Sound Lowlands, Washington

45 mph

Measured gust (39 kt)

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

Fire Training Academy RAWS station near Fall City, WA reported a peak gust of 45 mph the morning of the 9th. The gusts downed a tree which killed a women as she walking on her property.

The wider storm

Strong gap winds developed across the Cascades on January 9th. Winds in the gaps were gusting to 40-45 mph, including in Fall City, WA where a tree was downed and created a fatality.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1079900. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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