Seattle windstorm: 83K outages reported in Western WA

Nov. 7, 2026 at 10:06 pm Updated Nov. 7, 2026 at 10:59 pm

At least 83,000 customers lost power Saturday night as a hefty windstorm rolled into Western Washington.

Seattle City Light reported outages for over 46,000 customers around 9 p.m. Saturday at 40 locations in West Seattle, South Seattle and North Seattle.

Power outages were affecting over 27,000 Puget Sound Energy customers at 226 locations across Puget Sound. They included Bainbridge Island, Vashon Island, Bellevue and other Eastside locations.

Gusts reached 43 mph Saturday night at Boeing Field in King County.

Clallam County PUD reported another 7,000 outages along the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Grays Harbor County PUD had 3,000 more. Gusts hit 69 mph in Hoquiam, according to the National Weather Service.

Washington State Ferries paused service between Port Townsend and Coupeville due to rough seas.

As the storm arrived in Seattle, temperatures rose to 65 degrees at 8 p.m., then swiftly dropped about 10 degrees in an hour.

A wind advisory remained in effect around Puget Sound till 4 a.m. Sunday.

Rain showers were expected to continue into next week, while a potential atmospheric river threatens to bring heavy rains and flooding to much of the West Coast in mid-November.

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