Flood — Newport, Rhode Island

2024-05-16 · near South Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

Event narrative

A section of Berkeley Ave was closed due to flooding.

Wider weather episode

Low pressure south of southern New England brought widespread moderate to heavy rain to the region during the morning. The heaviest was centered in eastern CT, northern and

central RI into south coastal MA where a nearly stationary band of rain produced hourly rain rates of about a half-inch per hour. Some of the highest totals were 5.09 inches of rain in Westport, MA, 6.54 inches in South Kingstown, RI.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1174113. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.