High Wind in Block Island, Rhode Island

High Wind November 12, 2021 · Block Island, Rhode Island

67 mph

Measured gust (58 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

A mesonet site at New Shoreham recorded a wind gust to 67 mph at 1239 PM EST and 62 mph at 159 PM EST. A mesonet station at Block Island Jetty recorded a gust to 59 mph at 1247 PM EST.

The wider storm

Strong southerly wind flow out ahead of an advancing cold front produced strong to damaging wind gusts and some heavy rain that caused some street and basement flooding.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 990570. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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