Heavy Snow in Western Kent, Rhode Island

Heavy Snow February 7, 2021 · Western Kent, Rhode Island

What the National Weather Service wrote

Heavy snow in western Kent County ranged from 7.2 inches in West Warwick to 10.0 inches in West Greenwich.

The wider storm

A storm system underwent rapid intensification near the Benchmark of 40N/70W as it tracked quickly northeastward. A particularly heavy snow band formed from northeast Connecticut to the Metro-West Boston area. During the afternoon, 3 to 4 inch per hour snowfall rates occurred in this band. It was a quick-hitting storm, starting around noon and ending in the early evening.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 936931. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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