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Winds in Warden were sustained 30 to 35 miles per hour with gusts up to 58 miles per hour as the gust from moved through. Numerous trees downed and widespread power outages across the Moses Lake area. Some trees fell on houses and on vehicles. An outbuilding was destroyed and a fence was damaged by flying debris. At least six power poles were snapped off near Soap Lake. Schools across the Moses Lake area were closed the following day due to impacts from the storm.
Shop doors blown off and power poles downed across Wheeler Road.
Roughly fifty customers in the Mae Valley subdivision of Moses Lake lost power when strong thunderstorm winds damaged five different power poles holding transmission lines.|As the gust front moved into northern sections of Grant County, law enforcement reported numerous trees and power poles downed in and around Grand Coulee. Overall, 6500 customers loss power across Grant County during the storm.
High winds uprooted a 40 foot tree onto a car in southeastern sections of Quincy. Power and phone outages were reported across southwestern sections of town. Six inches of standing water was on sections of Highway 28 in town.
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Outflow winds from a thunderstorm caused a tree limb to fall onto a power line. The power line then broke and caused a fire. The fire burned 1,000 wooden apple boxes. Power was also knocked out to Royal City residents for two hours.
A cold front moved across Grant County Sunday afternoon October 17. Winds to 60 mph caused considerable damage. A hay storage building 2 miles east of Soap Lake was destroyed along with extensive damage to a wheel irrigation system. At the same time heavy rain occurred in Ephrata resulting in areas of ponding water and local power outages.
News
Power lines downed as fierce windstorm blows across basin | Columbia Basin Herald
MOSES LAKE — Damage was minimal in the Columbia Basin following Friday night’s windstorm even as recorded gusts topped 50 miles per hour in some parts of the region, according to the National Weather Service office in Spokane. NWS meteorologist Charlotte Dewey said the high wind recorded at the Grant County International Airport was 49 miles per hour, while the NWS recorded winds of 66 miles per hour in Mattawa — the highest speed in the county. Gusts of up to 51 miles per hour were recorded in Quincy, with winds reaching 41 miles per hour in Othello, 49 miles per hour in Ritzville, and 40 miles per hour in Lind. “The storm was pretty potent,” Dewey said. Grant County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Kyle Foreman said damage in Grant County was restricted to downed power lines, though there was a chimney fire in the 10000 block of Kory Lane north of Moses Lake that the wind pushed down the chimney. Foreman said crews from Grant County Fire District 5 responded and took care of the fire quickly.
A Grip on Sports: Before the storm of college football hits today, we were overwhelmed a bit by the wind | The Spokesman-Review Arrow-right Camera The Spokesman-Review Newspaper The Spokesman-Review Newspaper The Spokesman-Review The Spokesman-Review Newspaper
A GRIP ON SPORTS • We didn’t hear a “timber.” But even if the squirrel that lives in our maple tree had screamed it at the top of its lungs, the wind was howling so intently at 1:15 in the morning, we wouldn’t have heard it. We did, however, hear the big limb crash into the house.
Planned Power Outages in Grangeville, Elk City Expected to Affect Approximately 390 Avista Customers | Idaho | bigcountrynewsconnection.com
GRANGEVILLE - On Friday, October 7 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., approximately 390 Avista customers in Grangeville and Elk City will experience a planned power outage,
Prototype electric airplane takes first flight in Moses Lake
A prototype, all-electric airplane took its first flight Tuesday morning in central Washington state.
Power outage scheduled for Avista customers in Colville on Sept. 23 | News | khq.com
COLVILLE, Wash. - About 229 Avista customers in Colville with lose power on Sept. 23, according to a release from the utility company. The outage will begin at 8 a.m.
UPDATE: Power restored after crash in Richland | News | nbcrightnow.com
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Car collides with transformer, causes power outage | News | nbcrightnow.com
RICHLAND, Wash. - One car rammed into a transformer around Leslie Road and Mountain View Lane around 8:30 p.m. on August 12, causing a power outage in the area, according
Squirrels have caused three power outages this week | News | ncwlife.com
Squirrels are being blamed for three morning power outages in Douglas and Chelan counties over the past two days.
Power pole fire causes Monday outage | Columbia Basin Herald
EPHRATA - At about 8 a.m. Monday, Grant County Public Utility District reported a large power outage just south of Ephrata which had been caused by a power pole fire. Christine Pratt, Public Information Officer for Grant PUD said the outage affected about 1,000 customers initially...
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Power outage (also called a power cut, a power blackout, power failure or a blackout) is a short-term or a long-term loss of the electric power to a particular area.
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Moses Lake, Washington
| City | Moses Lake |
| County | Grant |
| State | Washington (WA) |
| Country | United States |
| Zip Codes | 98837 |
Power lines down and over 900 people without power west of Quincy, centered in the crescent bar area.