2 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High wind caused two separate power outages in Klickitat County on Christmas night. In both cases, trees were knocked over power lines. In all, close to 1,000 customers lost power.
High wind blew down a tree across power lines in northwest Klickitat County. The power outage affected 350 costumes for almost seven and a half hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Washington in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, December 1998
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: 5675538, 5675539.