The National Weather Service released a wind advisory for the Enumclaw area with wind speeds of 20-30 mph and gusts to 40 mph late Friday evening.
Wind Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
125 PM PDT FRI OCT 24 2014
WAZ555-250430-
/O.CON.KSEW.WI.Y.0017.141025T0300Z-141025T1800Z/
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-
125 PM PDT FRI OCT 24 2014
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
11 AM PDT SATURDAY...
* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...ENUMCLAW...AND NORTH BEND.
* TIMING...STRONGEST EAST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM LATE THIS
EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* WIND...EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL TREE BRANCHES...
TOPPLE SMALL OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES...AND CAUSE LOCAL POWER
OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH
AND/OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY.
