Alert archive / Rhode Island / 2018
Weather alerts in Rhode Island, October 2018
32 weather alerts in October 2018, 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 October 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 32
- Warnings
- 11
- Watches
- 5
- Advisories
- 8
- Busiest day
- October 23, 20188 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 47 hr |
| Oct 11, 2:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Kent, Providence | 116 min |
| Oct 11, 3:14 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 26 hr |
| Oct 12, 5:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 3 hr |
| Oct 13, 4:13 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | BOX | Providence | 29 hr |
| Oct 15, 8:44 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 9 hr |
| Oct 17, 2:51 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | BOX | Providence | 12 hr |
| Oct 17, 2:51 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 31 hr |
| Oct 17, 3:18 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | BOX | Providence | 12 hr |
| Oct 18, 3:42 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 29 hr |
| Oct 18, 3:42 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 29 hr |
| Oct 20, 4:12 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | BOX | Bristol, Newport | 24 hr |
| Oct 21, 2:15 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | BOX | Bristol, Newport | 31 hr |
| Oct 23, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Washington | 33 min |
| Oct 23, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 24 min |
| Oct 23, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 32 min |
| Oct 23, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Providence | 28 min |
| Oct 23, 3:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Providence | 26 min |
| Oct 23, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Providence | 29 min |
| Oct 23, 3:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bristol, Newport | 66 min |
| Oct 23, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 40 min |
| Oct 26, 3:33 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | BOX | Newport, Washington | 12 hr |
| Oct 26, 2:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 28 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:28 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | BOX | Newport, Washington | 31 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:28 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 31 hr |
| Oct 29, 7:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Washington | 25 min |
| Oct 29, 8:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Washington | 20 min |
| Oct 29, 8:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Washington | 25 min |
| Oct 29, 8:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Washington | 10 min |
| Oct 29, 8:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Newport | 28 min |
| Oct 29, 8:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Newport, Washington | 27 min |
| Oct 29, 8:39 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bristol, Kent, Newport | 3 hr |
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 | 5 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 2 |
| Special Weather Statement | 6 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 3 |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.