Coastal Flood — Newport, Rhode Island

2023-12-18 · Newport, Rhode Island

Event narrative

In Newport at 11:10 AM EST Ocean Ave in the Brenton Point area and Memorial Blvd from Eustis Ave to the Middletown line were closed.

Wider weather episode

A strong storm system moved up the Atlantic coast Sunday night into Monday, merging with a short wave trough exiting the northern Great Plains and taking the surface low west of southern New England. This brought strong southerly winds and coastal flooding to southern New England. This was a very impactful storm flooding roads, closing schools, knocking out power to 300,000 across MA, cancelling flights, and killing one man in southern New England.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1146322. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.