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Strong Wind — Bellevue And Vicinity, Washington

September 20, 2015 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Magnitude
33 MS
Area
Bellevue And Vicinity

Event narrative (NOAA)

A woman and two men were on a 21-foot catamaran that overturned in high winds and choppy water around 5 p.m. on Lake Washington near Bellevue. The police department���s Harbor Patrol pulled the men out of the water, but the woman was trapped beneath the catamaran and drowned.

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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.

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