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Strong Wind in Bristol, Rhode Island

Strong Wind September 21, 2017 · Bristol, Rhode Island

40 mph

Estimated gust (35 kt)

$2K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

At 330 PM EST, a tree was downed and blocking a portion of Nayatt Road in Barrington.

The wider storm

Jose formed over the Tropical Atlantic, moving west and growing to become a Major Hurricane. Jose passed north of the Leeward Islands, then turned on a northward path north of the Dominican Republic. As he moved north, Jose diminished to a Tropical Storm during Tuesday the 19th and then stalled about 150 miles southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. The storm then slowly drifted south by Friday the 22nd and started to dissipate.

Jose brought strong wind gusts to Rhode Island, primarily to the islands and south coast. Wind gusts reached 61 mph at Block Island.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 718763. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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