About 35,000 homes lost power throughout Western Washington. In Arlington, a tree fell on a motor home, causing minor damage.
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.
The episode as NWS SEW wrote it up.
About 35,000 homes lost power throughout Western Washington. In Arlington, a tree fell on a motor home, causing minor damage. On Puget Sound, the Coast Guard had to rescue several stranded or runaway boats.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Seattle, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 19, 9:00 PM PST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 900 PM PST SAT MAR 19 2005 .SYNOPSIS...A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL REMAIN JUST OFFSHORE TONIGHT BEFORE SPREADING MORE RAIN TO THE INTERIOR LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY MILD IN THE WAKE OF THE WARM FRONT FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL INCREASE OVER THE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST AND WESTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW DEVELOPS. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING A RETURN TO MILD TEMPERATURES AND DRY WEATHER DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...THE WARM FRONT MOVED THROUGH CENTRAL PUGET SOUND LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND HAS PRETTY MUCH CLEARED WESTERN WASHINGTON. NEW 00Z NAM SHOWS THE COLD FRONT NEAR THE NORTH COAST THIS EVENING AND CURVING OFF TO THE SW...WITH THE MAIN OVERNIGHT PRECIP OVER THE N COAST...WESTERN STRAIT AND N CASCADES. JUST DRIBS AND DRABS OVER PUGET SOUND AND SW INTERIOR...AND THE EAST ENTRANCE/PORT TOWNSEND RAIN SHADOW. MODEL PRECIP PROG MATCHES UP AMAZINGLY WELL WITH THE CURRENT RADAR LOOP. BOTH 00Z GFS/NAM SLOW THE APPROACH OF THE FRONT JUST OFFSHORE...PIVOTING IT SLOWLY OVERNIGHT. THIS MAINTAINS PRECIP OVER THE COASTAL HALF OF WESTERN WA. STEADIER WIDESPREAD RAIN SPREADS BACK INLAND OVER W WA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN SHOULD MOVE OVER THE CASCADES BY EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY SO SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN AN ONSHORE FLOW REGIME AND WESTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW OVER THE CASCADES. BEST TIME FOR MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL BE FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE COLD FRONT OVERHEAD AND THEN THROUGH MONDAY AS WESTERLY FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT CONTINUES. THE CHANGE TO SHOWERS BEHIND THE FRONT SUNDAY EVENING PROBABLY WONT BE NOTEWORTHY...JUST SLOPPY. NOT MUCH WIND THROUGH PUGET SOUND RIGHT NOW...AND WHILE IT IS WINDIER OVER THE NW INTERIOR MOST LAND AREAS ARENT DOING MUCH. WILL STICK WITH THE PROGRAM SINCE THE S GRADIENTS BEHIND THE WARM FRONT ARE GOING UP RAPIDLY. KAM && .AVIATION...WARM FRONT NORTH OF WA AT 05Z WITH COLD FRONT STALLING OFFSHORE. SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASING IN THE NEXT 3 HOURS WITH SOUTHERLY PRESSURE GRADIENTS INCREASING RAPIDLY. WITH THE COLD FRONT STALLING AND PLENTY OF MIXING AT THE LOWER LEVELS EXPECT CIGS TO REMAIN IN THE VFR CATEGORY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. COLD FRONT PASSAGE NOT EXPECT AT KSEA UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FELTON && WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... SNOW ADVISORY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THE CASCADES/OLYMPICS. .GALE WARNINGS COAST...ENTRANCES TO THE STRAIT...ADMIRALTY INLET...HOOD CANAL...NORTHERN INLAND WATERS. .SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT CENTRAL STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA AND PUGET SOUND. && .KATX...VCP21/CSR21 OPERATIONAL. && WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 1140 PM PST SAT MAR 19 2005 WAZ017-201400- WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES- 1140 PM PST SAT MAR 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WEST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN CASCADES. .DAY ONE... A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...WWUS46...FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SNOW ADVISORY ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...WWUS46...FOR MORE DETAILS. WAZ012-WAZ018-201400- OLYMPICS-WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES- 1140 PM PST SAT MAR 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WEST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL CASCADES AND THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...WWUS46...FOR MORE DETAILS. PZZ130-132-134-135-150-153-156-170-173-176-201400- 1140 PM PST SAT MAR 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WASHINGTON COASTAL WATERS...THE ENTRANCES TO THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA...ADMIRALTY INLET...AND THE HOOD CANAL AREA. .DAY ONE... A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT. SEE THE LATEST COASTAL MARINE FORECAST...FZUS56...FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING. SEE THE LATEST COASTAL MARINE FORECAST...FZUS56...FOR MORE DETAILS. WAZ002-009-201400- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY- 1133 PM PST SAT MAR 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN INTERIOR. .DAY ONE... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT. SEE THE WEATHER MESSAGE...WWUS76...FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PZZ133-201400- 1133 PM PST SAT MAR 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NORTHERN INLAND MARINE WATERS. .DAY ONE... A STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT. SEE THE LATEST COASTAL MARINE FORECAST...FZUS56...FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING. SEE THE LATEST COASTAL MARINE FORECAST...FZUS56...FOR MORE DETAILS. GS
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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