Alert archive / Rhode Island / 2021
Weather alerts in Rhode Island, August 2021
35 weather alerts in August 2021, 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 35
- Warnings
- 9
- Watches
- 6
- Advisories
- 8
- Busiest day
- August 5, 20214 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 4, 3:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 34 hr |
| Aug 5, 12:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Newport | 48 min |
| Aug 5, 3:14 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | BOX | Newport, Washington | 17 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 7 hr |
| Aug 5, 6:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Providence | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 8:03 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | BOX | Newport, Washington | 24 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:22 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Providence | 60 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:22 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 41 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:28 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Providence | 29 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:28 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | BOX | Newport, Washington | 29 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Providence | 93 min |
| Aug 11, 7:49 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Newport, Washington | 10 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:53 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 29 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Providence | 62 min |
| Aug 12, 6:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 61 min |
| Aug 12, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Providence | 61 min |
| Aug 13, 2:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 38 min |
| Aug 14, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Washington | 64 min |
| Aug 19, 10:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 10:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Providence | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 10:49 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bristol, Kent, Providence | 86 min |
| Aug 20, 5:10 AM EDT | Hurricane Watch | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Washington | 30 hr |
| Aug 20, 5:10 AM EDT | Storm Surge Watch | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Washington | 12 hr |
| Aug 20, 5:03 PM EDT | Storm Surge Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Washington | 45 hr |
| Aug 20, 11:09 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 42 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:16 AM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 64 hr |
| Aug 21, 11:03 AM EDT | Hurricane Warning | BOX | Newport, Washington | 21 hr |
| Aug 22, 9:43 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 16 hr |
| Aug 23, 10:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 36 min |
| Aug 25, 2:55 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | BOX | Kent, Providence | 29 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:44 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 27 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Washington | 51 min |
| Aug 27, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Kent, Newport, Washington | 62 min |
| Aug 27, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Kent | 58 min |
| Aug 30, 3:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 65 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 | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 3 |
| Special Weather Statement | 8 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 1 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 5 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Tropical | |
| Hurricane Warning | 1 |
| Storm Surge Warning | 1 |
| Tropical Storm Warning | 1 |
| Hurricane Watch | 1 |
| Storm Surge Watch | 1 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| High Surf Advisory | 1 |
| Rip Current Statement | 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.