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Heavy Snow in Eastern Kent, Rhode Island
Heavy Snow November 15, 2018 – November 16, 2018 · Eastern Kent, Rhode Island
What the National Weather Service wrote
Snowfall ranged from 5.5 inches to 6.0 inches (at T.F. Green Airport) in eastern Kent County.
The wider storm
An early-season nor'easter moved from the Mid-Atlantic coast to southeastern Massachusetts on the 15th and away from the region on the 16th. A quick thump of moderate to heavy snow occurred in Rhode Island on the front end of the storm, with most accumulations over with by midnight on the 16th. Snowfall amounts ranged from just a coasting along the immediate south coast to 9 inches in the higher hills in northwest Rhode Island. Strong east to northeast winds battered coastal areas ahead of the low pressure system.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 790192. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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