Nearly 50000 people lost power. A woman was transported with serious injuries and a family of five is displaced this afternoon after a large tree slammed into their home on Norland Court, near North Kitsap High School.
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The episode as NWS SEW wrote it up.
Nearly 50000 people lost power.
A woman was transported with serious injuries and a family of five is displaced this afternoon after a large tree slammed into their home on Norland Court, near North Kitsap High School.
Medics treated the woman, and then transported her to Harrison Hospital in Bremerton. Poulsbo firefighters remained on scene to secure the power, water, and gas. The home is uninhabitable and the family is displaced at this time.
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 1, 8:50 AM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
850 AM PST TUE MAR 1 2016
.SYNOPSIS...A VIGOROUS FRONTAL SYSTEM IS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN
WASHINGTON TODAY. IT WILL BE BLUSTERY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES
OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA LATER TODAY. THERE WILL BE A BREAK BETWEEN
WEATHER SYSTEMS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY AND THEN ANOTHER FRONT
WILL REACH THE AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING. AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN
WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
&&
.SHORT TERM...A MILD WET FRONTAL SYSTEM IS MOVING THRU WRN WA. WITH
THE SNOW TURNING TO RAIN FOR AWHILE THE NORTHWEST AVALANCHE CENTER
HAS AN AVALANCHE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE OLYMPICS AND CASCADES
TODAY FOR DANGEROUS BACKCOUNTRY AVALANCHE CONDITIONS. PLEASE VISIT
WWW.NWAC.US FOR MORE DETAILS. IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN...THE WINDS
WILL BE PICKING UP AS A DEEP LOW CENTER CROSSES NRN VANCOUVER ISLAND
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND SLY GRADIENTS PICK UP ACROSS WRN WA.
LOOKING AT THE TEMPS ALOFT...THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE RISING THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON AND THEN IT WILL FALL BACK DOWN TO PASS LEVEL THIS
EVENING. THERE WILL BE A BREAK BETWEEN SYSTEM DURING THE DAY ON WED
AND THEN ANOTHER FRONT ARRIVES WED EVENING. A WEAK SYSTEM MAY BRING
A LITTLE PRECIP TO THE AREA THURSDAY BUT OVERALL THU AND THU NIGHT
WILL BE A RELATIVE BREAK IN THE PRECIP...BUT IT WILL PROBABLY BE ON
THE CLOUDY DRIPPY SIDE.
.LONG TERM...THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PERIODS OF RAIN OR SHOWERS
WITH BREAKS BETWEEN SYSTEMS. THE 12Z GFS SHOWED A RUN OF THE MILL
FRONT ARRIVING FRIDAY MORNING...A STRONGER SYSTEM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY MORNING...AND YET ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM ON SUNDAY. THE
SYSTEM ON SUNDAY HAS A 974MB LOW CENTER THAT MOVES NORTH THROUGH THE
COASTAL OR NEAR OFFSHORE WATERS SUNDAY NIGHT.
&&
.AVIATION...A VIGOROUS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE ONSHORE TODAY WITH
WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL MOVE OVER THE
AREA LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH EASING SOUTHERLY FLOW
AT THE SURFACE. THE AIR MASS IS MOIST AND STABLE.
KSEA...CEILING GENERALLY 3000-5000 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT. LIGHT WINDS
WILL BECOME SOUTH 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. SCHNEIDER
&&
.MARINE...A VIGOROUS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING GALES TO MOST WATERS
TODAY. ADDITIONAL STRONG FRONTS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WATERS
WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. SCHNEIDER
&&
.HYDROLOGY...THE RAIN IN THE SKOKOMISH RIVER BASIN SHOULD BE ENOUGH
TO CAUSE MINOR FLOODING ON THE SKOKOMISH RIVER IN MASON COUNTY. THE
CURRENT FORECAST HAS THE RIVER AT POTLATCH REACHING FLOOD STAGE THIS
AFTERNOON. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE EXISTING FLOOD STAGE OF 16.5 FEET
WILL OFFICIALLY BE RAISED TO 17.0 FEET ON MARCH 6TH.
ELSEWHERE...RIVER FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 7 DAYS.
&&
.SEW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WA...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
CASCADES OF WHATCOM AND SKAGIT COUNTIES ABOVE 4000 FEET.
WIND ADVISORY ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE
LOWLANDS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING FOR THE CASCADES OF PIERCE AND LEWIS COUNTIES
ABOVE 5000 FEET.
FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM PST THIS MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR MASON COUNTY.
PZ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ROUGH BAR GRAYS HARBOR BAR.
GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL WATERS EXCEPT THE CENTRAL
STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA WHERE THERE IS A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.
&&
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE
AN ILLUSTRATED VERSION OF THIS FORECAST DISCUSSION CAN BE SEEN AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE/GAFD/LATEST_WEBAFD.HTMLThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 high wind, 3 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
La Push had 30g58 mph at 1136 AM. Destruction Island, a CMAN, had 50+ KT winds, which verifies the gust criteria over land.
Lopez Island recorded 44g58 mph over a couple of hours.
Trees were down blocking roadways and damaging parts of houses near Graham.
The ASOS at Hoquiam had 35g58 mph at 1233 PM. Westport had 43g61 mph from 136 PM to 424 PM. About 6000 customers were without power around Ocean Shores.
A mom was injured when a tree fell on her house near Poulsbo.
Trees were down blocking roadways and damaging parts of houses around Seattle.
The ASOS at Shelton had 38g66 mph at 217 PM. A CWOP at Pleasant Harbor had 30g61 mph at 252 PM. The Hood Canal bridge closed for about 2 hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Washington in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, March 2016
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: 613663, 613664, 619178, 613662, 619177, 619179, 613661.