Marine Tropical Storm — Rhode Island Sound, Atlantic North

2016-09-05 · Rhode Island Sound, Atlantic North

Event narrative

The Buzzards Bay buoy (BUZM3) recorded sustained winds of 43 knots. No damage was reported.

Wider weather episode

Hermine was named on August 31st as it intensified to a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico. She meandered about in the eastern Gulf of Mexico before moving northeastward across the Florida panhandle, through Georgia and then along the coast of North and South Carolina. She was a hurricane as she made landfall in Florida, then weakened to a tropical storm and finally a tropical depression as she moved off the coast of North Carolina. After moving off the coast of North Carolina, Hermine moved northeast, then north, then west, meandering south of southern New England for several days in early September.

While classified as a tropical system, Hermine's effects on southern New England were rather minimal. Rainfall added up to less than an inch for most locations and winds were generally below tropical storm force. Because trees were still fully leaved and we had higher wind gusts, there was some wind damage. Storm surge was highest during low tide so we had minimal coastal flooding impacts.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 660542. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.