High Wind in Western Kent, Rhode Island

High Wind October 29, 2017 – October 30, 2017 · Western Kent, Rhode Island

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$10K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Numerous trees and wires were reported down in Coventry. Downed trees were reported on Plainfield Pike, Harkney Hill Road, Hope Furnace Road, and Tillinghast Road.

The wider storm

The remnants of Tropical Storm Phillipe merged with a mid-latitude system approaching the U.S. East Coast. This created an area of low pressure that moved north from the Carolinas through New York State on the 29th. The low swung a cold front through Southern New England during the early morning of the 30th. The combined sysytem generated strong to damaging winds. Tropical moisture flowing north ahead of the cold front contributed to heavy downpours, with between three and five inches of rain reported.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 722585. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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