Home / Atlantic North / Block Island Sound

Marine High Wind · Atlantic North

Marine High Wind April 13, 2020 · Block Island Sound, Atlantic North

58 mph

Measured gust (50 kt)

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

At the Block Island Jetty at 456 PM EST (556 PM EDT) there was a wind gust of 58 mph reported by a WeatherFlow station.

The wider storm

A powerful low pressure system tracked across the Great Lakes and brought strong

winds to the waters of Southern New England Monday late morning through the evening. A very strong and highly anomalous low level jet brought southerly wind gusts of 60-70 mph ahead of a cold front that moved through Monday evening.

Began near Block Island Airport (41.1990, -71.5930).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 877220. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

Tornadoes near your address

See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.