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Thunderstorm Wind in Kent County, Rhode Island

Thunderstorm Wind May 15, 2018 · Kent County, Rhode Island

46 mph

Estimated gust (40 kt)

$10K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

At 5:10 PM EST, a tree was reported down on a house on Pin Oak Court in Coventry.

The wider storm

A cold front over the Great Lakes moved through Southern New England during the late afternoon and early night of May 15th. The air mass over Rhode Island was very warm and humid, and as the cold front moved into this air it generated numerous thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms moving east from Connecticut produced damaging wind gusts in Western Rhode Island.

Began near Arkwright (41.7233, -71.5539).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 748744. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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