Cascades gusts reach 134 mph as Western Washington endures windstorm
TL;DR
A Wednesday night windstorm swept western Washington, with Alpental recording a 134 mph gust—the strongest of the event—while other strong gusts were measured across the Puget Sound lowlands and Cascade ridges. The winds knocked out power and felled trees across the region and caused at least one death when a tree fell on a car in Monroe. A Wind Advisory had expired, but a Winter Storm Warning remained for the Cascades and Olympics, and KING 5 activated First Alert to keep residents updated.
- Here are the strongest recorded wind gusts across western Washington on Wednesday night king5.com
- SR 410 and SR 7 closed due to downed trees, power lines; over 40,000 without power in western WA king5.com
- Tracking power outages across the Inland Northwest following damaging windstorms overnight KREM
- Winds Cause Widespread Power Outages in Washington MyNorthwest.com
- Tens of thousands without power; another weather system is on the way The Seattle Times
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