West Seattle Weather Watch: Thunderstorms moving through

(Thanks to Linda for photo of storm moving eastward over the Sound)
1:26 PM: Seriously stormy weather blowing through West Seattle – we heard thunder a few minutes ago, and the wind’s kicked up. The National Weather Service has issued a “short-term forecast” alert that also warns hail is possible.

1:44 PM: And after all that, a sunbreak. But more might be on the way later.

5:17 PM: We’ve noted this on today’s traffic roundup (always linked from the sidebar), but it’s worth reporting here too – if you are headed south of West Seattle, you should know a tree’s come down on the southbound lanes of Ambaum:

That’s the tree on the left side of the photo, just south of SW 116th, in north Burien. Equipment to help clear it away was arriving when we were there, but if it’s not clear yet, you’ll be detoured.

5 Replies to "West Seattle Weather Watch: Thunderstorms moving through"

  • sam-c May 13, 2013 (1:45 pm)

    ‘move through’ is right, I already see blue skies!

  • Vanessa May 13, 2013 (1:54 pm)

    THAT WAS SCARY!!! we’re near Mount St Vincent’s and those huge trees were bending over sideways!!!

  • onceachef May 13, 2013 (2:52 pm)

    As my wife constantly reminds me, we (in Seattle) don’t know “SCARY”…experience a storm in TX, OK, KS, CO…those are truly scary!

  • RioMama May 13, 2013 (5:38 pm)

    Tree snapped on 35th just south of the Mount. Police car with lights in right lane.

  • enviromaven May 14, 2013 (10:04 am)

    Another (or same?) tree snapped on west side of 35th @ Juneau. Police and fire moved it out of the road around 5:40pm yesterday.

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