High Wind, Western Whatcom
- When
- October 17, 9:30 AM PST to 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- Western Whatcom forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
High Wind in Washington, October 17, 1996
Southeast winds of 40 mph with gust to 64 were reported near Friday Harbor. About 9000 customers in Snohomish county lost power.
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.
Southeast winds of 40 mph with gust to 64 were reported near Friday Harbor. About 9000 customers in Snohomish county lost power.
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 Indiana, October 17, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, October 17, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, October 17, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, October 17, 1996
- Hail in Texas, October 17, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, October 17, 1996
- Hail in Texas, October 17, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, October 17, 1996
- Tornado in Illinois, October 17, 1996
- High Wind in Oregon, October 17 to 18, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, October 17 to 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, October 17, 1996
More
Every storm in Washington in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, October 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: 5563832.