12:15pm EDT Sunday: Tropical Storm Henri makes landfall along coast of Rhode Island with 60mph winds
Posted by Chris in Tampa on 8/22/2021, 1:20 pm
The rainfall forecast is for "isolated maximum totals near 12 inches".

Radar:
https://mrms.nssl.noaa.gov/qvs/product_viewer/index.php?time_mode=update&zoom=7&clon=-72&clat=42&base=0&overlays=1&mping_mode=0&product_type=crefls&product=CREF&qpe_pal_option=0&opacity=1&looping_active=on&num_frames=18&frame_step=200&seconds_step=600

Satellite:
https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/floater.php?stormid=AL082021

River levels:
https://water.weather.gov/ahps/region_forecast.php?state=ri







Tropical Storm Henri Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL082021
1230 PM EDT Sun Aug 22 2021

...TROPICAL STORM HENRI MAKES LANDFALL ALONG THE COAST OF RHODE
ISLAND NEAR WESTERLY...

Data from an Air Force Reserve reconnaissance aircraft, NOAA Doppler
weather radars, and surface observations indicate that the center of
Tropical Storm Henri made landfall along the coast of Rhode Island
near Westerly at approximately 1215 PM EDT this afternoon. At the
time of landfall, maximum sustained winds were estimated to be 60
mph.

A Weatherflow station near Point Judith, Rhode Island, recently
measured a sustained wind of 57 mph (92 km/h) and a gust to 70 mph
(113 km/h). The center of Henri passed over Block Island, Rhode
Island, around 1100 AM EDT...1500 UTC.


SUMMARY OF 1215 PM EDT...1615 UTC...INFORMATION
-----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...41.3N 71.8W
ABOUT 15 MI...25 KM NNE OF MONTAUK POINT NEW YORK
ABOUT 40 MI...65 KM SSW OF PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH...95 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 335 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...989 MB...29.20 INCHES

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Forecaster Stewart/Brennan
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