Thunderstorm Wind — Kent, Rhode Island

2019-06-30 · near Apponaug, Kent, Rhode Island

Event narrative

At 2:36 PM EST, amateur radio operators reported several trees and wires down in Warwick RI. Trees and wires were down on Greenwood Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue, and a tree was down on Ives Road.

Wider weather episode

A pool of cold air above the surface moved over Southern New England during June 30.

This created sufficient instability to cause thunderstorms with large hail and damaging wind. The cold air moved off to the southeast that night.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (41.7000, -71.4200)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 825561. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.