High Wind — Everett and Vicinity, Washington
2015-11-17 · Everett and Vicinity, Washington
$3.5M
Property damage
50 MG
Magnitude
Event narrative
KPAE had a peak wind of 58 mph at 1241 PM. About 150,000 Snohomish PUD customers lost power. The Kingston/Edmonds ferry route was out of service for several hours due to the strong winds and rough seas...the ferry vessels were unable to off-load vehicles. Several trees fell on homes and power lines. Snohomish County PUD had 2 major substations and 9 major transmission lines damaged.
Wider weather episode
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_id 603540. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.