High Wind — Admiralty Inlet Area, Washington
2003-10-28 · Admiralty Inlet Area, Washington
1
Direct deaths
$2.0M
Property damage
52 MG
Magnitude
Wider weather episode
High winds knocked out power to nearly 100,000 people. Ferry service was halted for several hours. Off Foulweather Bluff, in Kitsap county, a boat capsized, and a boat house sank in Clallam county. A shoreline restaurant in Mukilteo sustained damage from the high winds and wind driven waves that crashed through windows and caused the floor to buckle up to 4 feet. A 90 year old man died when a tree fell on him while in his car.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5371290. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.