Winter Storm — Eastern Kent, Rhode Island

2018-01-04 · Eastern Kent, Rhode Island

Event narrative

Eleven to sixteen inches of snow fell on Eastern Kent County. At 403 PM EST, the Automated Surface Observation System (ASOS) platform at T F Green State Airport measured a wind gust to 55 mph.

Wider weather episode

Low pressure moved north from the Florida coast and deepened, passing southeast of Nantucket on Thursday January 4. The storm reached its lowest pressure and strongest pressure gradient as it passed Southern New England. This brought heavy snow and damaging winds to Rhode Island, and caused blizzard conditions at Block Island and near-blizzard conditions at other locations in the state. The storm moved off through the Maritimes on January 5.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 733103. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.