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Marine High Wind February 7, 2020 · Narragansett Bay, Atlantic North

72 mph

Measured gust (63 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A mesonet site at Borden Flats Light in eastern Narragansett Bay recorded a wind gust to 72 mph at 148 PM EST.

The wider storm

Powerful low pressure moved from eastern Pennsylvania across central Connecticut and central Massachusetts on February 7, 2020. A southerly jet of 85 to 95 mph was just above the surface at 925 mb. Damaging winds occurred across much of eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island with some damage reported farther to the west.

Began near Bristol Harbor (41.7041, -71.1749).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 874802. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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