The National Weather Service released a high wind watch through Thursday.

High Wind Watch

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
429 AM PST WED DEC 10 2014
WAZ504-507-509-511>515-555-556-558-559-567>569-110030-
/O.EXT.KSEW.HW.A.0009.141211T1700Z-141212T0600Z/


SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EVERETT AND VICINITY-TACOMA AREA-
HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-OLYMPICS-
EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-BELLEVUE AND VICINITY-
SEATTLE AND VICINITY-BREMERTON AND VICINITY-
CASCADES OF WHATCOM AND SKAGIT COUNTIES-
CASCADES OF SNOHOMISH AND KING COUNTIES-
CASCADES OF PIERCE AND LEWIS COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLYMPIA...LACEY...TUMWATER...
CENTRALIA...TOLEDO...EVERETT...EDMONDS...LYNNWOOD...MARYSVILLE...
ARLINGTON...TACOMA...LAKEWOOD...PUYALLUP...SUMNER...HOODSPORT...
BRINNON...MONTESANO...SEQUIM...PORT ANGELES...JOYCE...
CLALLAM BAY...GOLD BAR...ENUMCLAW...NORTH BEND...BUCKLEY...
BELLEVUE...KIRKLAND...REDMOND...ISSAQUAH...SEATTLE...SHORELINE...
FEDERAL WAY...KENT...BREMERTON...SILVERDALE...MARBLEMOUNT...
CONCRETE...SNOQUALMIE PASS...DARRINGTON...INDEX...RANDLE...
PACKWOOD...ASHFORD...MORTON
429 AM PST WED DEC 10 2014
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS INCLUDE...SEATTLE...BELLEVUE...
TACOMA... OLYMPIA...BREMERTON...EDMONDS...AND BREMERTON.
* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON THURSDAY
MORNING...THEN QUICKLY SPREAD NORTHWARD. CURRENT TIMING SUGGESTS
HIGH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING COMMUTE.
* WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
65 MPH COULD DEVELOP...INCLUDING IN THE PUGET SOUND I-5 URBAN
CORRIDOR. IN THE MOUNTAINS...GUSTS TO OVER 75 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE...EXCLUDING THE MOUNTAIN PASSES WHICH MAY REMAIN
SOMEWHAT SHELTERED.
* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN TOPPLE LARGE TREES...
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE SATURATED SOILS FROM RECENT RAINFALL.
POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR AND MAY BE WIDESPREAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING
WIND EVENT. FORECASTS SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY.
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Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
114 PM PST WED DEC 10 2014
WAZ001-503-504-506-507-509>517-555-556-558-559-567>569-110915-
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-
WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-EVERETT AND VICINITY-TACOMA AREA-
ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-
OLYMPICS-EASTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-
WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-BELLEVUE AND VICINITY-
SEATTLE AND VICINITY-BREMERTON AND VICINITY-
CASCADES OF WHATCOM AND SKAGIT COUNTIES-
CASCADES OF SNOHOMISH AND KING COUNTIES-
CASCADES OF PIERCE AND LEWIS COUNTIES-
114 PM PST WED DEC 10 2014
...HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED
RISK OF LANDSLIDES IN WESTERN WASHINGTON...
RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ON THE OLYMPIC RANGE AND GENERALLY A
HALF TO 1.75 INCHES ELSEWHERE HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 1 PM PST. THIS HAS INCREASED SOIL MOISTURE TO MODERATE
LEVELS ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN
THE MOUNTAINS WITH LOCALLY UP TO AN INCH ELSEWHERE IS EXPECTED BY
LATE TONIGHT. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL PUT EXTRA PRESSURE ON SOIL
INSTABILITY...LEADING TO AN INCREASED RISK OF LANDSLIDES.
CUMULATIVE RAINFALL OVER THE LAST WEEK HAS SOAKED SOILS TO THE
POINT WHERE THE WASHINGTON LANDSLIDE RISK LEVEL WAS LOW. THE
PREDICTED RAINFALL WILL RAISE THE LEVEL TO MODERATE. THE HIGHER
THE RISK LEVEL...THE MORE NUMEROUS THE LANDSLIDES ARE LIKELY TO
BE.
WITH AN ELEVATED LANDSLIDE RISK...RAINFALL INDUCED LANDSLIDES ARE
POSSIBLE DURING BURSTS OF INTENSE RAINFALL OR WHEN THERE IS HEAVY
RAINFALL OVER A PERIOD OF A DAY OR TWO AS NOTED IN THE FORECAST
ELEVATED RISK LEVEL. A GRADUALLY DIMINISHING RISK OF LANDSLIDES
WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THE RAIN ENDS. AREAS MOST
SUSCEPTIBLE TO LANDSLIDES UNDER THESE CONDITIONS ARE STEEP COASTAL
BLUFFS AND OTHER STEEP HILLSIDES.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT CURRENT CONDITIONS...VISIT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE...SELECT LOCAL HYDRO INFO...AND THEN SCROLL
DOWN FOR THE LINKS TO THE LANDSLIDE THREAT PAGES.
TO REPORT LANDSLIDES TO THE STATE FOR TABULATION...GO TO THE
SHALLOW LANDSLIDE HAZARD MAP PAGE AND CLICK ON THE REPORT A
LANDSLIDE LINK. A LINK TO THE SHALLOW LANDSLIDE HAZARD MAP CAN
BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SEATTLE...SELECT LOCAL HYDRO INFO...
AND THEN SCROLL DOWN TO THE WASHINGTON STATE LANDSLIDE SHALLOW
LANDSLIDE THREAT LINK.