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Winter Weather in Seattle Metropolitan Area, Washington

Winter Weather January 6, 2004 – January 7, 2004 · Seattle Metropolitan Area, Washington

The wider storm

During the evening of the 6th, most of the snowfall changed to freezing rain over western Washington. This caused most of the nearly 150,000 power outages. It also wreaked havoc with the airlines, Alaska and Horizon cancelled about 2/3 of their flights. In some places, like the Shelton area, schools were closed for a third straight day.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5382425. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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