TABLE A-1 (cont'd) 



Classifi- Foot 

 Date of Hurricane cation (l) Notes Renarks (2) 



1955, Sept. 11-21 C (2) (3) At Providence the tide 



("lone") rose to 2.7 ft. above 



mean sea level. 



Notes 



(1) Classifications indicating magnitude of hurricane in the 



Karra^ansett 3 ay area: 



i - Ilajor Tidal Flooding 

 B - Moderate Tidal Flooding 



C - Tlireatened the Area; Path near Rhode Island 

 Coast (Scare) 



(2) Local nev/spaper accounts, histories, etc. See paragraph 

 A-3 for -historical abstracts of Type "A" and "B" storms. 



(3) Material furnisned by U. S. Weather Biureau. 



ih) "Hirrricanes - i'heir Nature and History" by I. R. 

 Tamrehill (1956). 



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