The National Weather Service released a wind advisory along with a flood watch for the region.
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
407 AM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013
WAZ504-505-509-512-291915-
/O.NEW.KSEW.WI.Y.0011.130930T0100Z-130930T1200Z/
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-TACOMA AREA-
LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-
407 AM PDT SUN SEP 29 2013
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR...INCLUDING
THE TACOMA AREA...AND THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 5 AM PDT MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM PDT
MONDAY.
* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...TACOMA...OLYMPIA...CENTRALIA...
MONTESANO...RENTON...AND BONNY LAKE.
* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS EVENING
OR WITH THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT.
* WIND...INCREASING FROM THE SOUTH AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 55 MPH THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN SNAP SMALL TREE
BRANCHES...TOPPLE SMALL OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES...AND CAUSE
LOCAL POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR
GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY.