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Thunderstorm Wind — Newport, Rhode Island

2019-08-08 · near Newport, Newport, Rhode Island

$1K
Property damage
50 EG
Magnitude

Event narrative

A trained spotter in Newport reported a few trees down.

Wider weather episode

A warm front moving across southern New England triggered severe thunderstorms with wind damage across western portions of southern New England from the mid afternoon hours and through the evening. Another band of thunderstorms moved in from the southwest overnight, progressing to the coast before daybreak.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (41.4900, -71.3200)


Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 850674. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.