A strong storm moved up the east coast passing near the 70/40 benchmark brought heavy snow to southern New England beginning late Monday night and continuing on Sunday. The first round of heavy snow fell overnight followed by a lull in the snow and mixing with rain Sunday morning.
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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.
The episode as NWS BOX wrote it up.
A strong storm moved up the east coast passing near the 70/40 benchmark brought heavy snow to southern New England beginning late Monday night and continuing on Sunday. The first round of heavy snow fell overnight followed by a lull in the snow and mixing with rain Sunday morning. Comma head snow then filled back into eastern MA and RI bringing moderate to heavy snow Sunday afternoon and evening. Snow amounts ranged from 2 to 18 inches.
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 Jan 6, 10:37 PM EST, 23 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Generally 7 to 11 inches of snow fell. Some accumulations included 11 inches in Burrillville, 11 inches in Glocester, and 10.5 inches in Harrisville.
Generally 5 to 7 inches of snow fell. Some accumulations included 5.6 inches in West Greenwich.
Generally 5 to 7 inches of snow fell. Some accumulations included 6.5 inches in West Warwick and 5.6 inches at T.F. Green Airport.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Rhode Island in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in Rhode Island, January 2024
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1147165, 1147166, 1147167.