Aug 22, 2021
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 -- 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
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 979348). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Newport County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.