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High Wind in Northwest Providence, Rhode Island

High Wind April 13, 2020 · Northwest Providence, Rhode Island

55 mph

Measured gust (48 kt)

$1K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

In Burrillville at 1044 AM EST (1144 AM EDT) amateur radio reported a tree down on wires on Victory Hwy. Later at 249 PM EST an NWS employee also reported a tree down on a house on Steere Farm Rd. In Foster at 120 PM EST a tree was down blocking South Killingly Rd. In Scituate there was a tree down on a house on Old Plainfield Pike at 220 PM EST.

The wider storm

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

and damaging winds to Rhode Island 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.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 877230. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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