High Wind in Eastern Kent, Rhode Island

High Wind September 30, 2020 · Eastern Kent, Rhode Island

56 mph

Measured gust (49 kt)

$800

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

In Warwick, at T.F. Green Airport (KPVD), the ASOS recorded a wind gust to 56 mph at 723 AM EDT. Also in Warwick, at 751 AM EDT, a tree was blown down onto I-95, north of the I-95 connector.

The wider storm

A cold front produced a fine line of low-topped convection that moved across the region from west to east during the morning. A southerly low level jet of 80 knots at 850 mb, combined with fully leafed trees, helped cause damaging winds.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 917521. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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