High Wind in Washington, February 27, 2006

Name: High Wind in Washington, February 27, 2006
Start: 2006-02-27T01:00
End: 2006-02-27T09:00
Location: Washington

February 27, 2006 · NWS SEW · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

About 5000 customers lost power. Parts of roofs were ripped off and a mobile home was overturned.

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.

About 5000 customers lost power. Parts of roofs were ripped off and a mobile home was overturned. Schools were delayed or cancelled due to power outages.

What forecasters said that day

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 Feb 26, 3:00 PM PST, 10 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 3:00 PM PST, 10 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
300 PM PST SUN FEB 26 2006

.SYNOPSIS...A WARM FRONT WILL BRING WIND AND RAIN TONIGHT. SHOWERS
WILL FOLLOW ON MONDAY. ADDITIONAL FRONTAL SYSTEMS WILL KEEP THE
WEATHER UNSETTLED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

&&

.SHORT TERM...WARM FRONT TONIGHT WITH RAIN ALL AREAS AND LOCALLY
BREEZY CONDITIONS. EXPECT SNOW ADVISORY AMOUNTS AT MT BAKER TONIGHT
WITH FAVORABLE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. AN UPPER TROUGH WILL BE OVER
THE AREA MONDAY WITH POST FRONTAL SHOWERS. ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM
WILL CLIP THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY NIGHT
AND TUESDAY. THE GFS SUGGESTS POPS COULD BE SCALED BACK TO CHANCE OR
EVEN DRY NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER...THE ETA
BRINGS THE RAIN FARTHER NORTH AND EAST. FOR NOW HAVE MAINTAINED
FORECAST CONTINUITY AND KEPT LIKELY POPS. ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM
REACHES THE COAST WEDNESDAY. MODELS ARE NOW SLOWER WITH THIS FEATURE
HINTING THAT MOST OF WEDNESDAY COULD BE DRY. WOULD LIKE TO WAIT FOR
ANOTHER MODEL RUN OR TWO BEFORE JUMPING ON THIS TREND. SCHNEIDER

.LONG TERM...LIKELY POPS FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD. AS OF NOW FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY COULD BE DRIER THAN FCST...BUT WILL NOT LOWER POPS YET.
GBP

&&

.AVIATION...CEILINGS 6K-9K FT OVER MOST OF THE AREA...BUT A WARM
FRONT MOVING NORTH INTO WA WILL BRING RAIN AND CEILINGS 3-4K FT THIS
EVENING. VISIBILITIES VFR UNTIL WARM FRONT...THEN 2-4SM. WIND AT
KSEA LIGHT NE OR E...SWITCHING TO SE TONIGHT AND RISING TO 8-12 KT.

&&

.SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SNOW ADVISORY NORTH CASCADES.
GALE WARNING COAST...STRAIT...NORTHERN INLAND WATERS.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ALL OTHER WATERS.

WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE

Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Nc Clallam

When: February 27, 1:00 AM PST to 9:00 AM PST
Where: Nc Clallam forecast zone
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

High Wind, Ne Clallam

When: February 27, 1:00 AM PST to 9:00 AM PST
Where: Ne Clallam forecast zone
Measured: 39 kt (45 mph) measured sustained
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

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 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Washington, February 2006

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: 5492086, 5492087.