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High Wind in East Slopes Southern Cascades, Washington

High Wind August 26, 1997 · East Slopes Southern Cascades, Washington

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What the National Weather Service wrote

Wind caused power outages in approximately 1500 homes from Toppenish to Grandview. Light damage was done to area apple and pear crops that had yet to be harvested. The windstorm also split a tree that knocked down a power line and electrically charged an irrigation ditch. Two teenagers were shocked and drowned while swimming in the ditch the next day, August 27.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5614804. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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