The
February 13, 1979 windstorm is a natural phenomenon that took place on February 13, 1979 in Pacific Canada and the United States. During the early morning of February 13, 1979, an intense wave
cyclone moved across southern
Vancouver Island,
British Columbia. South of the low center, a strong atmospheric pressure gradient was carried across
Washington, with associated high winds. With a cold airflow moving toward the northeast interacting with the high terrain of the
Olympic Mountains, a lee low developed east of the Olympics. The
mesoscale low caused a particularly intense pressure gradient to develop across the
Kitsap Peninsula region.