Heavy Snow — Western Kent, Rhode Island

2016-01-23 to 2016-01-24 · Western Kent, Rhode Island

Event narrative

Seven to eight inches of snow fell across western Kent County.

Wider weather episode

Low pressure intensified as it moved off the coast of North Carolina and tracked northeastward, passing south of southern New England. This brought accumulating snow to areas south of Interstate 90 in Massachusetts, including Connecticut and Rhode Island. In addition, strong, damaging winds accompanied the snow. With bare trees, there was remarkably little damage associated with winds that gusted near hurricane force at times.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 614913. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.