Heavy Snow — Southeast Providence, Rhode Island

2017-03-14 · Southeast Providence, Rhode Island

Event narrative

Snow began falling off-and-on before daybreak, then fell in earnest during the morning, before changing over to rain by noon. A NWS employee reported 5.5 inches in North Providence. The general public also reported 5.5 inches in Pawtucket.

Wider weather episode

A major winter storm moved up the east coast, hugging the southern NJ coast then moving rapidly northeast across southern Rhode Island and interior southeast Massachusetts. In Rhode Island, snowfall amounts were highest in the northwest hills, where a changeover to sleet and rain did not happen until late in the afternoon. Along the south coast, only 2 to 6 inches fell, but more around a foot occurred in northwest Providence County. Strong/damaging winds gusted to 45 to 60 mph across much of Rhode Island.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 675844. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.