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Marine High Wind December 23, 2022 · Block Island Sound, Atlantic North

68 mph

Measured gust (59 kt)

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What the National Weather Service wrote

At 250 PM, a Weatherflow mesonet site off of Point Judith recorded a gust to 68 mph.

The wider storm

Low pressure deepened rapidly as it tracked through the eastern Great Lakes.

The storm produced damaging southeast to south winds across much of southern New England and minor to moderate coastal flooding the east and south coasts. There were two rounds of strong wind gusts -- one in the morning and one in the late afternoon and evening. Two to 3.5 inches of rain fell across much of RI and interior MA.

Began near Point Judith Light (41.3598, -71.4979).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1064469. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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