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Marine High Wind December 23, 2022 · Narragansett Bay, Atlantic North

69 mph

Measured gust (60 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

At 302 PM, buoy station NWPR1 in Newport recorded a wind gust to 58 mph. At 554 PM, a mesonet station BLTM3 at Borden Flats Light recorded a wind gust to 66 mph. At 559 PM, a Weatherflow site at Bristol Harbor (Castle Island) recorded a wind gust to 69 mph. At 627 PM, a Weatherflow site off Fogland Point in Tiverton recorded a wind gust to 67 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 Newport (41.5100, -71.3300).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1064470. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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