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WTNT63 KNHC 221628
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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
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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