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Strong Wind in Northwest Providence, Rhode Island

Strong Wind January 30, 2019 · Northwest Providence, Rhode Island

46 mph

Estimated gust (40 kt)

$2K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

At 8:33 PM EST an amateur radio operator reported a tree down on Thompson Hill Road in Cumberland, and wires down on Social Street in Woonsocket.

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 796761. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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