Power Outage in Portsmouth, RI
Last report: December 18, 2023
Here's How to Report Power Outage in Portsmouth
To report a power outage in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, located in Newport County, please contact your local utility company using the following methods:
National Grid US
Contacts listed above can be used to report power outages in the following ZIP codes: 02871.
Recent Weather Related Causes of Power Outages in Newport County
High Wind. Winds generally were gusting to 55 to 75 mph in the heavier showers. At Halfway Rock, just south of Prudence Island, a Weatherflow mesonet site measured a gust to 68 mph at 449 AM EDT (349 AM EST). In Jamestown at 448 AM EDT (348 AM EST), fire department officials reported power lines down on North Main Road. In Little Compton at 557 AM EDT (457 AM EST), police reported two oak trees down on wires (street not given). In Newport at 611 AM EDT (511 AM EST), the fire department reported a tree down on Harrison Avenue at Ridge Road. All of the aforementioned reports were relayed by amateur radio operators.
April 19, 2022
Tropical Storm. In Tiverton, a mesonet site at Fogland Beach recorded a wind gust to 58 mph (50 kt) at 452 PM EDT. No reports of damage were received from Newport County, but it is likely that isolated tree or power line damage occurred.
August 04, 2020
Thunderstorm Wind. On Washington Street near Newport Harbor, a large tree was down. A small sailboat was blown over in the harbor. Large branches were down, with power outages, on both Bellevue Avenue and Easton's Beach.
July 14, 2020
A powerful low pressure system tracked across the Great Lakes and brought strong |and damaging winds to Rhode Island Monday late morning through the evening. A very strong and highly anomalous low level jet brought southerly wind gusts of 60-70 mph ahead of a cold front that moved through Monday evening.
April 13, 2020
Powerful low pressure moved from eastern Pennsylvania across central Connecticut and central Massachusetts on February 7, 2020. A southerly jet of 85 to 95 mph was just above the surface at 925 mb. Damaging winds occurred across much of eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island with some damage reported farther to the west.|There were widespread power outages and numerous trees down, some falling on homes and vehicles.
February 07, 2020
Power Outage Related Posts on X from Portsmouth, Rhode Island
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@Jim14299338 - February 02, 2023 00:02
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@Danimal2208 - January 13, 2023 21:14
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@NAVSTANEWPORTRI - December 05, 2022 16:09
@backtothemovie I think it was ‘77. I just remember snow days and power outages for days on end when I was a little kid
@Nance726 - November 20, 2022 19:46
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@WhatsUpNewp - June 10, 2022 17:14