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Strong Wind in Bristol, Rhode Island

Strong Wind January 30, 2019 · Bristol, Rhode Island

46 mph
Estimated gust (40 kt)
$2K
Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

At 7:16 PM EST an amateur radio operator reported a tree down on Griswold Avenue in Bristol, and a tree down on Franklin Street in Bristol.

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 796760. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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