Alert archive / Rhode Island / 2023
Weather alerts in Rhode Island, August 2023
31 weather alerts in August 2023, 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 31
- Warnings
- 11
- Watches
- 3
- Advisories
- 2
- Busiest day
- August 18, 20239 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 7, 1:42 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | BOX | Newport, Washington | 28 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:10 AM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence | 15 hr |
| Aug 8, 9:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol, Newport, Washington | 55 min |
| Aug 8, 9:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 58 min |
| Aug 8, 10:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Newport, Washington | 53 min |
| Aug 8, 10:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Providence | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 10:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Newport | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 2:37 PM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 26 hr |
| Aug 10, 10:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Washington | 51 min |
| Aug 13, 5:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Washington | 40 min |
| Aug 13, 5:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 59 min |
| Aug 13, 6:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 53 min |
| Aug 13, 8:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Washington | 27 min |
| Aug 13, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 62 min |
| Aug 13, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Providence | 53 min |
| Aug 13, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 59 min |
| Aug 13, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Bristol | 65 min |
| Aug 14, 2:22 PM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 19 hr |
| Aug 18, 7:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BOX | Kent, Providence | 64 min |
| Aug 18, 8:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Kent, Providence, Washington | 55 min |
| Aug 18, 8:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 8:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Kent, Providence | 40 min |
| Aug 18, 8:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 55 min |
| Aug 18, 9:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Providence | 63 min |
| Aug 18, 9:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Providence | 79 min |
| Aug 18, 9:23 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bristol | 67 min |
| Aug 18, 9:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Newport | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 2:29 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | BOX | Newport, Washington | 13 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:27 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | BOX | Newport, Washington | 48 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:13 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 7 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:36 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | BOX | Newport, Washington | 28 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 | 6 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 1 |
| Special Weather Statement | 11 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
| Flood Watch | 3 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Coast and beach | |
| High Surf Advisory | 1 |
| Rip Current Statement | 3 |
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.