Weather info for the Sammamish and Issaquah Plateau
Sammamish, WA
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PlateauWeather retweeted
(1/3) ⚠️ We have an unusual risk of severe thunderstorms Wednesday, primarily in the late afternoon through the evening. The primary hazards we are concerned about are:
⛈️ Hail in excess of 1" diameter
🍃 Wind gusts in excess of 58mph
🌪️ Possible isolated tornado
7am Tuesday update - all area schools are closed. PSE currently reporting 411,614 customers without power - it’s going to take a few days at least to get everything back up and running, so they’re not listing any estimated restoration times.
Most cell towers have standby generators, but they don’t have indefinite fuel! Conserve battery power on your phones and devices. Check in on neighbors - we’ll get through this together!!
10pm update - PSE is now reporting over 300,000 customers without power, bringing the statewide total to around 493,000.
We still have an hour or so of peak gusts still ahead of us, but it’ll still be pretty gusty overnight into tomorrow morning.
PlateauWeather retweeted
We are aware of downed trees and power issues at the following locations:
SE 40th off SE Issaquah-Pine Lake Road
SE 20th between 228th and 212th
SE 40th & 228th
Our crews are responding to downed trees while PSE will respond to any power issues.
#Sammamish #KingCounty
9pm update - This has quickly turned from a "Cascade foothills" storm to a region-wide event...somewhere around 450,000 customers without power across the entire state, plus another couple hundred thousand across the border in BC. This is *wild*. #wawx
Things look to taper off after midnight, but remain breezy tomorrow. The High Wind Warning remains in effect until 4am.
Roads are going to be an absolute mess in the morning. Stay home if you can.
PlateauWeather retweeted
BREAKING: Issaquah seems to have had the brunt of the storm so far. Much of the town is in total darkness and damage appears widespread, at least with fallen trees in the road. We watched as a fire truck had to do a u-turn enroute to an emergency because the roads were blocked
I'm hearing of several reports of downed trees across the Plateau as well - good advice to heed!
PSE's outage map finally came back online - 271,916 customers out!!
None of the outages have listed estimated restoration times...power crews can't even start assessing damage until the winds begin to die down. #wawx
Eastside Fire asks that you do *not* call 911 to report downed trees across the roads, call city Road Services instead. Only call 911 if it's causing an emergency!
7pm update - it’s getting serious now…seeing gusts in the mid 40s around the Plateau, but a report of 52mph in Bellevue and at SeaTac! It’ll stay incredibly windy for the next few hours.
Seems like most of the Plateau is out at this point 😬#wawx
If at all possible, it’s time to stay off the roads and stay indoors for the night…power outages are already increasing around the region (though just a handful of small ones on the Plateau), and @EastsideFire is already responding to storm-related calls.
For anyone that’s curious, here’s a satellite picture of this storm - it’s massive, and quite picturesque from that height! The state borders are in light blue - so the center of the circulation is due west of Long Beach. #wawx
