High Wind — North Coast, Washington

2007-12-03 · North Coast, Washington

Event narrative

Three homes in Forks received severe damage from fallen trees. Several road in and around Forks were closed as was the local schools. Two power utility linemen were injured by wind and debris during the event.

Wider weather episode

A deep Pacific storm system offshore created strong south to north pressure differences along the coast for an extended period of time. The unique characteristic of the high wind was its duration--high wind lasted for about 18 hours on the coast. At one point, about 73,000 customers were without power. It took about a week to get power restored to everyone.

This storm also brought a variety of hazardous winter weather elsewhere in western Washington including lowland snow, heavy rainfall, flooding, landslides and avalanches in the Cascades.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 66222. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.