High Wind in Newport, Rhode Island

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

67 mph

Measured gust (58 kt)

Death

$2K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

At 1:52 PM EST the Automated Surface Observing System platform at Newport State Airport in Middletown measured a wind gust to 67 mph. At 2:24 PM EST an amateur radio operator in Newport reported a wind gust to 62 mph. At 3:20 PM EST, a tree fell on the front yard of a property near the intersection of Lawrence Avenue and Ruggles Avenue in Newport; the tree struck and killed the property owner. At 8:00 PM EST a trained spotter in Portsmouth reported a tree and wires down on Corys Lane.

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 742969. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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