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Strong Wind in East Puget Sound Lowlands, Washington

Strong Wind November 17, 2015 · East Puget Sound Lowlands, Washington

56 mph
Measured gust (49 kt)
1
Death
$1.5M
Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tree fell onto a man's car, killing him, in the 28800 block of Ben Howard Road in Monroe around 1:10 p.m. Investigators say the man in his 20's was the only one inside the car. Several trees fell onto power lines. About 200,000 Puget Sound Energy customers were without power. Winds slammed the Sammamish Plateau, toppling trees and knocking out power. Snohomish County PUD had 2 major substations and 9 major transmission lines damaged.

The wider storm

Windy conditions lasted for several hours over most of western Washington. There were about 370,000 power outages reported throughout western Washington.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 603537. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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