High Wind — Southeast Providence, Rhode Island

2017-10-29 to 2017-10-30 · Southeast Providence, Rhode Island

Event narrative

At 1106 PM EST, an amateur radio operator in Providence reported a wind gust to 61 mph. At 1250 AM EST, trees and wires were reported down in Cranston on Narragansett Blvd, Taft Street, Glenham Road, Cranston Street, Pippen Orchard Road, Lippit Avenue, Seven Mile Road, Sagamore Road, Massachusetts Street, Natick Avenue, Sheldon Street, and Curry Road.

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 722591. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.