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High Wind — East Slopes Southern Cascades, Washington
August 26, 1997 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Four people were killed when high wind blew a tree onto their truck near Bumping Lake. Two people were injured when two trees blew down on their camper trailer near Bumping Lake. Numerous trees fell across Bumping Lake Road. Summer homes along highway 410 were damaged by falling trees...one was destroyed. A large number of big trees were blown down in the Rimrock Lake area, the Indian creek drainage area, and 8 E of White Pass on highway 12. A 900-square-foot steel section was blown off a building in White Swan. Two cars were hit by falling trees 15 miles north of Cle Elum...two people were injured and air lifted to hospital.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.