Brief high wind occurred on the coast.
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.
Brief high wind occurred on the coast.
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 12, 9:30 AM PST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
930 AM PST SAT FEB 12 2011
.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT WILL SPREAD RAIN ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON
TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH WINDY CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST
AND IN THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR. THERE WILL BE A LULL BETWEEN WEATHER
SYSTEMS SUNDAY...WITH WET AND WINDY WEATHER RETURNING SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER FRONT MOVES THROUGH. AN UPPER TROUGH
WILL KEEP THINGS COOL AND SHOWERY TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM...THE COLD FRONT IS STARTING TO MOVE INSIDE OF 130W THIS
MORNING AND WILL MOVE INLAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXPECT
BLUSTERY CONDITIONS WITH THIS FRONT. BOOSTED WINDS A BIT IN THE
FORECAST...AND INCLUDED THE EVERETT AREA IN THE WIND ADVISORY. THE
NORTH INTERIOR IS ALREADY SEEING GUSTY SOUTH/SOUTHEAST WINDS SO
LOOKS LIKE WE ARE ON TRACK. THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE
BETWEEN 21Z AND 03Z FOR MOST AREAS.
NEW 12Z SOLUTIONS STILL POINT AT HEAVY SNOW IN THE
MOUNTAINS...PARTICULARLY THE NORTH CASCADES AND VOLCANOES. NO
CHANGES TO THE WINTER STORM WARNING HEADLINES. THE PASSES WILL ONLY
SEE A FEW INCHES. SHOWERS WILL TAPER DOWN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS
ONSHORE FLOW DECREASES.
ANOTHER WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH ON SUNDAY...BRINGING MORE RAIN TO THE
AREA...MAINLY DURING THE EVENING. WE MAY SEE ANOTHER PERIOD OF WINDY
CONDITIONS ON MON AS A 980 LOW PASSES NORTH OVER THE OFFSHORE
WATERS. PREVIOUS RUNS SHOWED THE LOW MOVING DUE NORTH ALONG
130W...BUT 12Z MODELS TRACK THE LOW FARTHER EAST...MAKING LANDFALL
OVER WESTERN VANCOUVER ISLAND AROUND 18Z MON...ACCORDING TO THE NAM.
THE GFS IS SLOWER. MAY SEE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ALONG THE COAST
AND OVER THE NORTH INTERIOR. WILL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK FOR THE
AFTERNOON PACKAGE. 33
.LONG TERM...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...LONGER RANGE MODELS ARE IN ROUGH
AGREEMENT THAT AN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION TUESDAY
BEHIND THE FRONTAL SYSTEM DISCUSSED ABOVE. IT WILL TAKE A FEW DAYS
TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD...WITH NORTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPING AROUND
FRIDAY AHEAD OF A LARGE UPPER RIDGE OFFSHORE. SO TUESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY SHOULD BE A RATHER COOL PERIOD WITH GENERALLY LIGHT SCATTERED
SHOWERS. MOST LIKELY THERE WILL BE NO ORGANIZED FRONTS MOVING
THROUGH. MCDONNAL
&&
.HYDROLOGY...THE PERIOD OF WETTER WEATHER BEGINNING TODAY AND
CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT COULD EVENTUALLY RESULT IN SOME
FLOODING ON THE SKOKOMISH RIVER...WITH THE BASIN MEAN PRECIPITATION
PROBABLY IN THE 4 TO 5 INCH RANGE. FOR ALL OTHER RIVER BASINS IN
WESTERN WASHINGTON THE PRECIPITATION TOTALS WILL BE MARGINAL...WITH
BREAKS IN PRECIPITATION AND PERIODS OF LOWER SNOW LEVELS PROBABLY
PRECLUDING ANY FLOODING. BEYOND THAT THERE IS NO APPARENT THREAT OF
FLOODING THROUGH THE NEXT TEN DAYS.
FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED ON THE GREEN RIVER THROUGH THE TEN DAY
PERIOD. MCDONNAL
&&
.AVIATION...STRONG...WLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL OVER THE REGION
THRU TONIGHT. EXPECT THE AIR MASS TO BECOME MOIST WITH TIME...WITH
THE CASCADES BECOMING OBSCURED BY CLOUDS BY LATE TODAY. INCREASING
LOW LEVEL...SLY FLOW AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL SWEEP ACROSS
THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXPECT MVFR CIGS TO
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VISIBILITY SHOULD BE DOWN TO 5SM
AT TIMES IN RAIN.
KSEA...VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. MVFR CIGS
WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. SLY
WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. SW WINDS ALOFT FL050-FL100 WILL
BE 40-60KT THROUGH FROPA /ABOUT 0400 UTC SUNDAY/. KAM/05
&&
.MARINE...A STRONG COLD FRONT ABOUT 245 NM OFFSHORE WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE COASTAL WATERS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THE INLAND WATERS EARLY
THIS EVENING...RESULTING IN GALE FORCE WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA. EXPECT ANOTHER STRONG FRONT TO AFFECT THE REGION ON MON FOR A
PERIOD OF GALE FORCE WINDS ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA.
&&
.SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WA...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR AND EVERETT AND
VICINITY FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM PST THIS EVENING.
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE CASCADES FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 AM PST SUNDAY.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE OLYMPICS FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING
TO 6 AM PST SUNDAY.
PZ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR ALL WATERS EXCEPT THE CENTRAL
STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL STRAIT
OF JUAN DE FUCA TIL 2 AM SUNDAY.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ROUGH GRAYS HARBOR BAR
CONDITIONS TIL 4 PM SUNDAY.
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tatoosh Island recorded 58+ mph winds for awhile. This translates to high wind on the north coast.
Hoquiam ASOS recorded a 67 mph peak gust.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Washington in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, February 2011
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: 278422, 278423.