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Strong Wind in Northwest Providence, Rhode Island

Strong Wind December 11, 2021 · Northwest Providence, Rhode Island

45 mph

Estimated gust (39 kt)

$2K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

In Glocester at 430 PM EST, a large tree was down on wires... street not specified. In Foster at 920 PM EST, a tree was down on Cucumber Hill Road.

The wider storm

Gusty southwest winds occurred in the afternoon out ahead of an approaching cold front.

Then, a fine line of showers along a cold front caused locally damaging wind gusts during the evening. The strong westerly gusts continued for a couple of hours behind the front.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 994053. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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