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Marine High Wind August 22, 2021 · Narragansett Bay, Atlantic North
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A Weatherflow mesonet site at Rose Island measured a wind gust to 58 mph.
The wider storm
Tropical Storm Henri made landfall in southwest Rhode Island around noon on August 22nd, then moved slowly northwestward and westward across northern Connecticut and weakened. Henri brought strong wind gusts and flash flooding. The strongest gusts, up to 70 mph, occurred along the Rhode Island coast. The worst flash flooding occurred in northeast Connecticut.
As the remnants of Henri moved eastward across southern New England on August 23rd, it spawned three tornadoes and a waterspout in MA and also it caused some renewed flooding.
The highest rainfall totals over the two-day period ranged from 5 to 6 inches in Hartford and Tolland Counties in northern Connecticut and in Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden Counties in western Massachusetts.
Began near Newport (41.4967, -71.3417).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 979806. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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