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Lights out in La Conner Friday night

Electricity went out in greater La Conner Friday, perhaps after 10 p.m., and was restored within hours within at least parts of the town. Around greater La Conner 584 customers lost power: 540 around Peth’s Corner, and 44 on Josh Wilson Road near Bayview.

Skagit County totaled approximately 4,600 outages during the storm, with the majority of those outages occurring in western Skagit county where there were high winds.

Winds rose from 11 mph at 7 p.m. Friday to 28.4 mph at 9 p.m., reaching sustained speed of over 35 mph in the 10 p.m.-1 a.m. period. Winds continued to gust between 18.5 mph-27....

 

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