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High Wind — Spokane Area, Washington
November 17, 2015 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
The ASOS at Spokane International Airport 3 miles east southeast of Airway Heights, WA reported a wind gust of 61 MPH at 2:50 PM PST. The windstorm that resulted in this wind gust resulted in four fatalities. Two direct and two indirect. The two indirect fatalities include A 66 year old man died from a stroke and was unable to seek help and found on November 29th and the second indirect fatality includes a 70 year old man who died from hypothermia who was discovered on November 22nd. The two direct fatalities include a 54 year old woman who was killed by a falling tree limb on the South Hill of Spokane and a 70 year old woman who died near Cheney after a falling tree hit her car.
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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.