Alert archive / Rhode Island / 2016
Weather alerts in Rhode Island, August 2016
51 weather alerts in August 2016, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in August 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 51
- Warnings
- 16
- Watches
- 1
- Advisories
- 7
- Busiest day
- August 12, 201614 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Washington | 42 min |
| Aug 6, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Providence | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Providence | 55 min |
| Aug 6, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Providence | 34 min |
| Aug 10, 3:13 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | BOX | Kent, Providence | 40 hr |
| Aug 11, 9:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Washington | 51 min |
| Aug 11, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 3:44 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | BOX | Kent, Providence | 27 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Providence | 53 min |
| Aug 12, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 46 min |
| Aug 12, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Providence | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 53 min |
| Aug 12, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Providence | 42 min |
| Aug 12, 5:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Kent, Providence | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Kent | 39 min |
| Aug 12, 5:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Kent, Providence | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Providence | 54 min |
| Aug 12, 6:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Kent, Providence | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Kent | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Kent, Newport | 44 min |
| Aug 12, 7:06 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | BOX | Kent, Providence | 24 hr |
| Aug 12, 11:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Washington | 38 min |
| Aug 12, 11:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Washington | 44 min |
| Aug 13, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent | 30 min |
| Aug 13, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Providence | 34 min |
| Aug 13, 4:09 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 27 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Providence | 116 min |
| Aug 13, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 6:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Providence | 52 min |
| Aug 13, 8:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, Providence | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 10:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Providence | 52 min |
| Aug 13, 11:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Providence | 41 min |
| Aug 13, 11:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Providence | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 11:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Washington | 55 min |
| Aug 14, 1:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Kent, Providence, Washington | 58 min |
| Aug 14, 1:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Kent, Providence | 40 min |
| Aug 14, 2:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 56 min |
| Aug 14, 3:28 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | BOX | Kent, Providence, Washington | 16 hr |
| Aug 14, 1:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 12:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bristol, Kent, Providence, Washington | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Kent | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Providence | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 39 min |
| Aug 22, 2:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Kent, Providence, Washington | 59 min |
| Aug 22, 3:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Newport | 42 min |
| Aug 30, 5:00 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | NHC | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 5 days |
| Aug 31, 5:00 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | NHC | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 10 days |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 11 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 4 |
| Special Weather Statement | 23 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 3 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 4 |
| Tropical | |
| Tropical Storm Warning | 1 |
| Tropical Storm Watch | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.