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Strong Wind in West Slopes Central Cascades and Passes, Washington
Strong Wind November 2, 2013 · West Slopes Central Cascades and Passes, Washington
What the National Weather Service wrote
At Cortright Creek Trailhead, Packwood, a hunter was in his tent when the top of an old growth snapped due to the high winds and fell onto the tent from approximately 100 feet high. The tree top struck the tent, hitting the hunter directly in the head causing fatal injury.
The wider storm
A deep low moved NE across northwest Washington. Strong southerly wind developed over the interior, with strong onshore flow on the coast. High wind reports were scattered, but a few hundred thousand people lost power in the Seattle area.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 482200. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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