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Coastal Flood — Southeast Providence, RI

Apr 16, 2007

An unusually strong and slow moving coastal storm for mid April tracked to western Long Island Sound on April 16th before weakening slowly and drifting offshore. This storm brought a variety of impacts, including damaging winds in excess of 60 mph, widespread river and stream flooding, and significant coastal flooding through several high tide cycles.|East to northeast winds gusted as high as 60 mph. The highest gusts reported were 62 mph in Middletown, 61 mph at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, a

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 26789). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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