High Wind — Washington, Rhode Island

2021-10-27 · Washington, Rhode Island

$30K

Property damage

67 MG

Magnitude

Event narrative

Winds gusted to 60 to 77 mph in Washington County. At 639 AM EDT (539 AM EDT) on the 27th, a Weatherflow mesonet site at the University of Rhode Island in North Kingstown recorded a gust to 77 mph. At 704 AM EDT (604 AM EST) on the 27th, a Weatherflow mesonet station at the tip of Point Judith in Narragansett recorded a wind gust to 77 mph. Other gusts included 68 mph at Ninigret Pond and 51 mph at both Quonset Airport and in Charlestown. There were numerous trees and wires downed.

Wider weather episode

A low pressure nor'easter underwent bombogenesis as it developed east of Nantucket on the 26th. It then moved west toward Nantucket Sound, before heading eastward again back out to sea on the 27th. Winds gusted to 60-90+ mph. More than one-half million power outages were reported...495,000 in MA and 96,800 in RI. Schools were closed for multiple days, as it took a while to clean up the downed trees/wires and to restore power.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 988030. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.