Winter Storm — Southeast Providence, Rhode Island

2018-01-04 · Southeast Providence, Rhode Island

Event narrative

Twelve to sixteen inches of snow fell on Southeast Providence County.

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 733108. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.