High Wind in Block Island, Rhode Island

High Wind March 2, 2018 – March 3, 2018 · Block Island, Rhode Island

71 mph

Measured gust (62 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

At 2:43 PM EST a mesonet sensor on the north side of Block Island reported a wind gust to 71 mph. At 11:06 AM EST the Co-operative observer at Block Island reported a wind gust to 59 mph.

The wider storm

Low pressure moving out of the Ohio Valley passed south of Southern New England on the 2nd and moved out to sea on the 3rd. This storm brought heavy rain and strong winds to much of Rhode Island.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 742968. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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