Ice Storm in Tacoma Area, Washington

Ice Storm January 19, 2012 · Tacoma Area, Washington

$700K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Broken tree limbs at Lake Spanaway golf course caused about 4000 in damage. Power infrastructure was also damaged.

The wider storm

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 361917. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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