High Wind in Block Island, Rhode Island

High Wind January 30, 2019 · Block Island, Rhode Island

59 mph

Measured gust (51 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

At 6:39 PM EST a mesonet station on the Block Island Jetty reported a wind gust to 59 mph. At 6:49 PM EST the same station reported a sustained wind of 50 mph.

The wider storm

Low pressure moved from the Plains and Great Lakes, then across Northern New England the night of January 29th. This brought snow to northern Rhode Island. Snow squalls then brought damaging west winds across the state on the evening of January 30th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 796757. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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