High Wind, San Juan
- When
- February 28, 2:30 PM PST to 9:30 PM PST
- Where
- San Juan forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 48.531, -123.025 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Washington, February 28, 1996
Schools were closed and 4000 customers lost power as sustained winds of 40 to 50 mph knocked down trees in Enumclaw. Later that night winds gusting to near 70 mph knocked down trees in Aberdeen.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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.
Schools were closed and 4000 customers lost power as sustained winds of 40 to 50 mph knocked down trees in Enumclaw. Later that night winds gusting to near 70 mph knocked down trees in Aberdeen.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, February 28, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, February 28, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, February 28, 1996
- Winter Storm in Michigan, February 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, February 28, 1996
- High Wind in Oregon, February 28 to 29, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, February 28 to 29, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 28 to 29, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 28, 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: 5549146.