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Strong Wind in Newport, Rhode Island

Strong Wind December 16, 2022 · Newport, Rhode Island

45 mph

Estimated gust (39 kt)

$500

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

In Tiverton, police reported a tree down on Lake Road. Report relayed by amateur radio.

The wider storm

Low pressure intensified along the New Jersey coast on the 16th and moved northeast across southeast New England, reaching the Gulf of Maine on the 17th. The big impact was very heavy elevational snows in MA. Elsewhere there was a few inches of rain and gusty winds, both ahead of and behind the system. In RI, there was an isolated report of strong winds early on the 16th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1062917. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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