High Wind in Washington, November 4, 2000

Name: High Wind in Washington, November 4, 2000
Start: 2000-11-04T05:30
End: 2000-11-04T11:30
Location: Washington

November 4, 2000 · NWS SEW · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Sustained winds of 30-42 mph blew over much of western Washington. The highest sustained winds were reported in Coupeville where they had trees down and power outages.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $100,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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.

Sustained winds of 30-42 mph blew over much of western Washington. The highest sustained winds were reported in Coupeville where they had trees down and power outages. In Puyallup, the winds collapsed 50 trusses of a building under construction.

Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Island/Ne Jefferson

When: November 4, 5:30 AM PST to 11:30 AM PST
Where: Island/Ne Jefferson forecast zone
Measured: 46 kt (53 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

High Wind, W Pierce

When: November 4, 5:30 AM PST to 11:30 AM PST
Where: W Pierce forecast zone
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

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

Every storm in Washington in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Washington, November 2000

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: 5161691, 5161692.