A much calmer afternoon and evening after strong winds moved through the area Tuesday into early Wednesday. We had stronger storm cells off the Washington coast, prompting a tornado warning near Westport. No damage was reported. This evening, scattered showers continue with even a lightning strike along the coast. Our next round of wind and rain will move in by the end of the week.

Overnight showers will continue with mild temperatures, lows in the upper 30s to low 40s. Scattered showers will continue through the day Thursday. 

Scattered showers will continue through the day Thursday. 

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Highs will be slightly cooler with temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. 

Highs will be slightly cooler with highs in the mid to upper 40s. 

Our next round of wind and rain will move in on Friday as another low pressure system moves into the Pacific Northwest. We are tracking gusty winds along the coast and north interior, but not as strong as what we saw with this bomb cyclone. Stay tuned!

Our next round of wind and rain will move in on Friday as another low pressure system moves into the Pacific Northwest.  (FOX 13 Seattle)

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After responding to reports of a drive-by shooting, Seattle Police Department (SPD) patrol officers arrested a teenage suspect who fired additional shots at police during a vehicle pursuit.

The drive-by shooting reportedly occurred at the 900 block of Sandpoint Way Northeast in North Seattle.

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“Police determined that a maroon Honda minivan was shooting at a white transport van,” SPD stated in its crime blotter. “The victim vehicle left the scene and was not located. No known injuries occurred.”

The suspected Honda fled from officers who were responding to the drive-by shooting, and the officers initiated a vehicle pursuit. The vehicle drove recklessly into oncoming traffic, reaching 90 miles per hour at one point, according to SPD.

“At about 2:20 p.m., witnesses reported that someone in the passenger seat of the vehicle was shooting at the officers pursuing their vehicle,” SPD stated. “Neither the officers nor their patrol vehicle were struck by gunfire.”

Officers finally located the vehicle abandoned approximately an hour later. SPD was able to determine the vehicle was reported stolen Sunday night.

Through locating video evidence of one of the suspects fleeing the area on foot, SPD uncovered that the suspect was a repeat offender — a 14-year-old teenager that the police department was familiar with.

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“Police are familiar with this teen as he was previously arrested on Sept. 12 for possession of a stolen vehicle and taking a motor vehicle without permission,” SPD stated.

Officers located the suspect inside his residence at the 6800 block of 62nd Avenue Northeast and arrested him for drive-by shooting, unlawful possession of a firearm and felony assault. The 14-year-old suspect was booked into detention at the Judge Patricia H. Clark Children & Family Justice Center. Another suspect believed to be involved was investigated and released by officers at the North Precinct pending further information.

This is a developing story, check back for updates

Frank Sumrall is a content editor at MyNorthwest. You can read his stories here and you can email him here.

SEATTLE — The effects of a rapidly developing “bomb cyclone” slammed the Seattle area Tuesday night, killing at least one person and injuring two others as 50-75 mph winds toppled trees across the region.

A woman was killed in Lynnwood when a tree fell into an encampment, according to South County Fire officials.  

South of Seattle, two others were injured when a tree fell into their trailer in Maple Valley, reported Puget Sound Fire. 

One person was freed quickly, but it took firefighters an hour to free the other resident who was trapped in the mangled debris. Both were taken to local hospitals, but their conditions were not given.

2 injured when tree fell onto trailer in Maple Valley, Wash. on Nov. 19, 2024

(Puget Sound Fire)

A driver was struck by a falling tree as they were driving in northeastern Seattle, according to the Seattle Fire Department. That person was freed and listed in stable condition, firefighters said. Crews there said multiple other trees toppled near the intersection.

Wind gusts in the Cascade foothills just east of Seattle reached over 70 mph, fueled by a low pressure center that underwent explosive development in just hours as it swirled off the Washington coast.

Bomb Cyclone Satellite Image

(NOAA)

An estimated more than 600,000 people had lost power across Western Washington as of 11 p.m. PT, according to PowerOutage.US.  Over 110,000 of them were in the city of Seattle.

A wind gust reached 74 mph in the town of Enumclaw before the wind gauge went dark, along with the rest of the town.

“The sound out here is unreal!” said Anthony Concannon. “The wind in the trees and power lines is deafening.”

In Bellevue, the state’s 5th-most populous city, gusts of 52 mph sent firefighters scrambling to assist multiple neighborhoods reporting trees into homes.

“Trees are coming down all over the city & falling onto homes,” Bellevue Fire officials said. “If you can, go to the lowest floor and stay away from windows. Do not go outside if you can avoid it.”

State and local city departments said multiple main highways were blocked by falling trees and power lines, including stretches of busy State Routes 18, 516 and 169. Just before midnight, a tree fell across 4 lanes of Interstate 405 in Bellevue.

Tree falls into home in Issaquah, WA

(Eastside Fire & Rescue)

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“There are so many trees and power lines down, we would be posting the locations till the lights turn on,” an exasperated Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue posted on X.

Easterly gusts reached 59 mph at Sea-Tac Airport, where the rare east winds brought pilots a challenging crosswind to navigate runways aligned for the persistent southerly winds the region normally endures.

Bomb cyclone drops 66 millibars of pressure in 24 hours

The storm was brought about by a historic storm that went from an innocuous low pressure trough to tying the strongest storm ever recorded in that part of the Pacific Ocean. Measurements showed the storm dropped 66 millibars in pressure in 24 hours, eventually becoming a storm with a central pressure of 943 millibars – on par with a major Category 4 hurricane.  It easily qualified for the title of “bomb cyclone”, given when a storm strengthens about 24 millibars in 24 hours.

While the deep center of the storm remained hundreds of miles offshore, the alignment of the storm due west of the Washington Coast combined with cold, dense higher pressure in eastern Washington created a tremendous difference in pressure across the western half of the state.

Tree falls into home in Issaquah, WA

(Eastside Fire & Rescue)

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Wind from eastern Washington slammed into the barrier created by the Cascade Mountains, but gaps in the terrain along the mountain passes created breaks in the barrier, allowing winds to accelerate and shoot through the passes like a hole in a balloon.

The winds pummeled towns nestled along the foothills that sit along the highways providing gateways to the popular hiking trails and ski resorts.

As the east winds reached the western edges of the Cascades and broke free of their mountain captors, they raced across the Puget Sound lowlands, bringing rare easterly winds that caught off guard the forested landscapes steeled to the more common southerly winds of the region. The result was widespread tree falls from north to south along the Puget Sound region.

The winds were expected to abate by early Wednesday morning, allowing an extensive cleanup effort to begin.