High Wind, Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca
- When
- February 21, 4:30 AM PST to 6:00 AM PST
- Where
- Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
High Wind in Washington, February 21, 1996
Rattlesnake Ridge, at 4000 ft, reported winds of 78 mph.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS SEW wrote it up.
High wind ruined a mobile home and knocked out power to 450 homes.Rattlesnake Ridge, at 4000 ft, reported winds of 78 mph.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 21 to 22, 1996
- Dense Fog in Pennsylvania, February 21, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, February 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 21 to 22, 1996
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, February 21 to 22, 1996
- Winter Storm in Utah, February 21 to 22, 1996
- Waterspout in Florida, February 21, 1996
- Wildfire in Texas, February 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 21 to 22, 1996
- Waterspout in Florida, February 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 21 to 22, 1996
More
Every storm in Washington in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, February 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5549144.