Strong Wind in Rhode Island, February 10, 2001

Name: Strong Wind in Rhode Island, February 10, 2001
Start: 2001-02-10T01:00
End: 2001-02-10T17:00
Location: Rhode Island

February 10, 2001 · NWS BOX · 7 events in 7 counties and zones

Strong northwest winds gusted between 45 and 55 mph throughout all of Rhode Island. There were no reports of wind damage.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 7

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS BOX wrote it up.

Strong northwest winds gusted between 45 and 55 mph throughout all of Rhode Island. There were no reports of wind damage.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 9, 8:45 PM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 8:45 PM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
845 PM EST FRI FEB 9 2001

.DISC...
WL UPDATE ZNS TO FRESHEN WORDING ON TIMING OF ONSET OF STGR WNDS...AS
WNDS ALREADY BLOWING 15-25KTS ACRS CC...ISL AND SE CSTL PLANE. THIS
IS RESULT OF WKR LO LVL INVERSION ACRS SE ZNS WITH MINIMAL SN CVR...
ALLOWING WRMR AIR TO SNEAK UP SE CSTL. INLAND THIS IS A DIFFERENT
STORY AS TEMPS REMAIN IN THE 30S...AIDED BY DP SN CVR. LATEST MSAS
POT TEMP ANALYSIS STILL SHOWS LO LVL COLD AIR WEDGE DWN
APPALACHIANS. THIS WL BE A MAIN PLAYER IN DETERMINING IF STG WNDS
ALFT TRANSLATE TO SFC EARLY SAT VCNTY OF CDFNT.

CONVECTION AND EMBEDDED SQUAL LINES ACRS OH VLLY WL BE NEEDED TO
ERODE LO LVL INVERSION ACRS FA...ESP INTERIOR SAT AM. CONVECTION IS
CURRENTLY DOING THAT ACRS OH WHERE CIN GUSTED TO 50 KTS ARND 00Z JUST
AHEAD OF FROPA. AM CONCERNED THAT LINE OF CONVECTION WL WKN LATE TNGT
AND EARLY SAT AS IT APPROACHES FA...WITH S/WV TROF WKNG CONSIDERABLY
AS IT CLIMBS UP THE MLVL RDG OVR THE NE ATTM. FM 06Z TO 12Z ALL MDLS
AGREE ON WKNG THE MAGINTUDE OF THE MAIN VORT CNTR FM L40S TO M20S AS
IT TRAVERSES INTO NRN NE EARLY SAT.

THIS YIELDS TO A WKNG UVM FIELD ON ALL MDLS AS IT APPROACHES FA...
ALNG WITH DIMINISHED QPF VALUES TO LESS THAN 0.10 OF AN INCH. THUS...
CONVECTION SHOULD WKN AS IT APPROACHES FA EARLY SAT WITH LO LVL
INVERSION HANGING TOUGH...ESP ACRS INTERIOR ZNS. THEREFORE NOT VERY
CONFIDENT HI WND WRNGS WL MATERIALIZE AHEAD AND ALNG CDFNT. ALTH
WITHOUT ANY NEW MDL GUID TO SUPPORT THIS TREND...WL BRIEF NXT SHIFT
ON THE DETAILS AND SEE IF 00Z MDL CYCLE SUPPORTS THIS REASONING.

BEST CHC OF HI WND WRNG WNDS OCCURRING WL LKLY BE ACRS SE ZNS IN STG
CAA IN WAKE OF FROPA. HERE LACK OF SN CVR WL ALLOW DEEPEST BLYR ACRS
FA...ALNG WITH SOME ADDITIONAL SPD FM DWNSLPG. ALTH EVEN HERE BUFKIT
MDL SNDGS SUGGEST MARGINAL HI WND CRITERIA...WITH BLYR HVG TO XNTD
UP TO H85 FOR 50KTS PLUS TRANSFER. THUS...STG WND ADV WOULD PROBABLY
SUFFICE HERE...ALTH ONCE AGAIN WL NOT DROP HI WND WRNG WITHOUT ANY
NEW MDL DATA.

RECORD MAXS POSSIBLE WITHIN 3 HRS OF 05Z TNGT:

   2/9         2/10
BOS 61 1990    60 1990
PVD 60 1937    58 1909
ORH 56 1925    55 1909
BDL 58 1990    55 1909

.MARINE...
STW UP AND WL CONT WITHOUT ANY NEW MDL GUID TO ANALYZE. ALTH BASED
ON REASONING ABV...STG GALE WRNG MAY BE THE CORRECT TRANSITION FOR
NXT SHIFT.

.BOX...STORM ALL WATERS EXCEPT STRONG GALE BOS HARB AND NARR BAY.
       HWW SAT MOST PRONE ZONES. MAZ 12,15,16 22,24 RI 1,6.
       WIND ADVY LATE TNGT AND SAT REMAINDER ZONES EXCEPT ONLY
       SAT FOR MA 2>4..8..9..NH 11..12

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The radar

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Event by event

7 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Strong Wind, Northwest Providence

When: February 10, 1:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
Where: Northwest Providence forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.871, -71.579 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong Wind, Bristol

When: February 10, 1:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
Where: Bristol forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.706, -71.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong Wind, Eastern Kent

When: February 10, 1:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
Where: Eastern Kent forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.673, -71.579 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong Wind, Newport

When: February 10, 1:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
Where: Newport forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.500, -71.281 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong Wind, Southeast Providence

When: February 10, 1:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
Where: Southeast Providence forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.871, -71.579 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong Wind, Washington

When: February 10, 1:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
Where: Washington forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.397, -71.620 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong Wind, Western Kent

When: February 10, 1:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
Where: Western Kent forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.673, -71.579 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Strong Wind: Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Rhode Island in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Rhode Island, February 2001

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5231415, 5231416, 5231417, 5231418, 5231419, 5231420, 5231421.