High Wind — Eastern Kent, Rhode Island

2017-10-29 to 2017-10-30 · Eastern Kent, Rhode Island

Event narrative

At 918 PM EST, an amateur radio operator at Conimicut Point in Warwick reported a wind gust of 65 mph. At 1012 PM EST, the same operator reported a sustained wind of 57 mph. At 1029 PM EST, the Automated Surface Observation System platform at T F Green Airport measured a wind gust to 63 mph. A tree was reported down on a house on Helen Avenue and a tree and wires were down on Ryan Avenue, both in Warwick.

Wider weather episode

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_id 722588. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.