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High Wind in Western Skagit County, Washington

High Wind November 12, 2007 · Western Skagit County, Washington

72 mph

Measured gust (63 kt)

$200K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Nearly 10,000 people lost power.

The wider storm

Deep low pressure moved from the eastern Pacific northeast into northern Vancouver Island, creating strong pressure differences and strong damaging southerly winds across much of western Washington. The wind blew down trees and knocked power to nearly 240,000 customers at the height of the storm, including about 180,000 in the Puget Sound region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 64895. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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