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High Wind in Western Skagit County, Washington

High Wind October 6, 2016 – October 7, 2016 · Western Skagit County, Washington

40 mph

Measured sustained (35 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Anacortes recorded 29g45 mph over a few hours. This verifies high wind for the first event of the season, when wind advisory criteria (30-39 mph, gusts 45-57 mph) are used to verify high wind.

The wider storm

This first event of the season required lower criteria to verify. NWS SEW used wind advisory criteria to verify a high wind warning.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 661256. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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