Washington, 1999

High Wind in Washington, February 20, 1999

February 20, 1999 · NWS SEW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Central Casade Foothills

When
February 20, 10:30 AM PST to 5:00 PM PST
Where
Central Casade Foothills forecast zone
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

A spotter in Enumclaw reported sustained winds of 40 mph with gusts to 60 mph. During the storm, about 10,000 people lost power and a tree fell onto a mobile home just east of Renton.

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

More

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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: 5687883.