High Wind — Greater Vancouver Area, Washington

2014-10-25 · Greater Vancouver Area, Washington

Event narrative

The Port of Vancouver measured a peak gust of 70 mph at around the same time wind damage was reported across the Vancouver Metro Area. One large Maple tree was snapped in Brush Prairie while another one went down near Fort Vancouver resulting in minor damage to a historical building that is now Grant's Restaurant. A person from the public reported that a 150 pound piece of a pig pen was picked up by the wind and tossed through a double-paned glass window. Clark Public Utilities reported 4,500 homes experienced electricity outages.

Wider weather episode

A 983mb low pressure system approached from the Southwest and moved north along the Central Oregon Coast before making landfall near Gray's Harbor, Washington. This low resulted in Gusty winds for the coast and coast range as well as damaging winds across Clark County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 545161. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.