Storm Station 247

Rhode Island, live

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1 alert in force in Rhode Island

High Wind Watch1

High Wind Watch

Until Sep 26, 8:00 PM EDT

Eastern Essex; Suffolk; Eastern Norfolk; Eastern Plymouth; Southern Bristol; Southern Plymouth; Barnstable; Dukes; and 5 more

MARISevereFuturePossibleIn force from Sep 25, 8:00 AM EDT, updated Sep 24, 2:09 AM EDT

The full text and what to do

Every area Eastern Essex; Suffolk; Eastern Norfolk; Eastern Plymouth; Southern Bristol; Southern Plymouth; Barnstable; Dukes; Nantucket; Bristol; Washington; Newport; Block Island

* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph possible.

* WHERE...Portions of eastern, northeastern and southeastern Massachusetts and northern and southern Rhode Island.

* WHEN...From Friday morning through Saturday evening.

* IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.

What to do

Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates on this situation. Fasten loose objects or shelter objects in a safe location prior to the onset of winds.

Every alert in force across the country

What stands in Rhode Island

Every kind of place an instrument stands at in Rhode Island, and how many stand at each.

The instruments

Ordered by name. Standing is three times the mountains forecast from an instrument plus the places that read it. It measures how much of the network depends on it, not how well it reports.By nameBy standing