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High Wind in Southeast Providence, Rhode Island

High Wind December 18, 2023 · Southeast Providence, Rhode Island

64 mph

Measured gust (56 kt)

$5K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Winds generally gusted 50 to 65 mph. The highest gust was 65 mph at Fox Point in Providence. In East Providence at 9:20 AM EST a brick facade was ripped off of the Healthtrax building on Catamore Blvd.

The wider storm

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 1146326. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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