High Wind — Hood Canal Area, Washington

2014-11-29 · Hood Canal Area, Washington

Event narrative

Hansville had 40-41g48 mph 1240 PM to 110 PM, verifying high wind in Hood Canal. There were about 15000 power outages in the area.

Wider weather episode

Strong Fraser River outflow was forecast and a high wind watch was issued for three northwest interior zones. This was changed to a wind advisory for two of the zones. In the event, those two zones, San Juans and western Whatcom, had some high wind, as did Hansville in the Hood Canal zone. Near-advisory level northerly winds were experienced over the whole Puget Sound area and there were around 25,000 power outages in the Seattle area.

Here is an article from the Seattle Times:

Puget Sound Energy currently has 15,004 customers without power around Puget Sound. Seattle City Light is reporting just over 9,000, mostly north of the city.

KOMO reported on Twitter that the Edmonds ferry is delayed because wind knocked out power to the dock and the ramp can't be lowered.

A fallen tree at 27th Ave NW and NW 95th Street causing a power outage for about 60 Seattle City Light customers.

While the wind speeds are not unusual, Burke said, gusts are causing more damage today because they are blowing from the north.

More than 3,000 Seattle City Light customers are currently out of power north of Seattle, while Puget Sound Energy is seeing many small outages all round Seattle.

The wind caused a dock to break loose in Lake Washington from a property on Rainier Avenue South about 11 a.m., threatening to hit a neighbor's boat. The Seattle Fire Department secured the dock before any more damage was done.

An outage in Redmond has 1,079 PSE customers in the dark. Power in Lake Forest Park has been restored, but Seattle City Light is now responding to an outage in Olympic Hills that is affecting 2,853 customers.

Whatcom and Skagit counties are seeing the brunt of it ' wind gusts Friday night were up to 67 mph, according to the National Weather Service.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 546328. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.