High Wind — Block Island, Rhode Island

2024-04-04 · Block Island, Rhode Island

Event narrative

On Block Island, a weather flow site on the Block Island jetty reported a gust to 58 mph at 6:25 AM EDT.

Wider weather episode

A strong Nor'easter passed offshore of southern New England bringing widespread heavy rainfall, high elevation snow and sleet, as well as strong winds to the region. There was minor flooding on some rivers as well as minor to moderate coastal flooding along the east coast of MA. This was a late season snow storm with very elevation dependent snowfall totals from 0 to over 8 inches. Wind damage was sporadic and mostly minor, with over 25,000 power outages reported in western MA.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1161383. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.