Winter Weather — Moses Lake Area, Washington

2018-11-22 · Moses Lake Area, Washington

Event narrative

A bus carrying 52 members of the University of Washington marching band encountered an icy road surface and slid off of Interstate-90 near George and rolled over resulting in minor injuries to the driver and 39 passengers. The Moses Lake Airport ASOS indicated intermittent light freezing rain during the evening of November 22nd.

Wider weather episode

During the overnight hours of November 22nd light freezing rain was noted in Grant County. A number of automobile accidents including a fatal accident occurred. A bus carrying members of the University of Washington Band slid off Interstate 90 and rolled but fortunately there were no serious injuries among the passengers. In a separate incident an SUV slid off a road and rolled resulting in one fatality and 3 injuries.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 788194. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.