Ice Storm — East Puget Sound Lowlands, Washington
2012-01-19 · East Puget Sound Lowlands, Washington
1
Direct deaths
2
Injuries
$800K
Property damage
Event narrative
Downed trees and damaged exhibits and fences totaled about 200,000 at Northwest Trek in Eatonville. A WSDOT employee was injured by an ice coated tree limb, and another was injured in an icy crash on I-405. Power infrastructure was also damaged.
Wider weather episode
After varying amounts of snowfall of up to 18 inches, freezing rain up to about one inch caused about a half million power outages, cancelled over 300 flights at SeaTac Airport and was responsible for one death.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 361916. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.