High Wind — Newport, Rhode Island
2019-02-25 · Newport, Rhode Island
$1K
Property damage
53 EG
Magnitude
Event narrative
At 4:25 PM EST a mesonet station at Newport reported a sustained wind of 41 mph and a wind gust to 61 mph.
Wider weather episode
A storm moving north through the Great Lakes redeveloped along the Mid Atlantic coast on the 24th, then moved up the coast past Southern New England. This coastal storm brought damaging west-northwest winds to Rhode Island as it moved off through the Maritimes on the 25th.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 800835. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.