Alert archive / Rhode Island

Weather alerts in Rhode Island, 2026

80 weather alerts in 2026, 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
80
Warnings
29
Watches
11
Advisories
20
Busiest month
July15 alerts
Busiest day
January 1, 20264 alerts

Over time

By month

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 1, 6:45 AM ESTSnow Squall WarningBOXKent, Providence, Washington45 min
Jan 1, 7:29 AM ESTSnow Squall WarningBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington61 min
Jan 1, 8:28 AM ESTSnow Squall WarningBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington47 min
Jan 1, 8:46 AM ESTSnow Squall WarningBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington59 min
Jan 6, 12:22 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOXKent, Providence34 hr
Jan 17, 1:17 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington42 hr
Jan 22, 11:44 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington25 hr
Jan 22, 11:48 AM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington46 hr
Jan 23, 12:28 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington3 days
Jan 25, 11:55 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington4 hr
Jan 25, 4:02 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington4 hr
Jan 25, 7:26 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington5 hr
Jan 29, 12:31 AM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington34 hr
Jan 30, 12:17 PM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryBOXKent, Providence20 hr
Feb 1, 11:48 PM ESTCoastal Flood StatementBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington11 hr
Feb 6, 12:20 AM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington61 hr
Feb 6, 12:16 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington25 min
Feb 6, 12:41 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington32 hr
Feb 19, 12:13 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOXKent, Providence39 hr
Feb 20, 12:15 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington38 hr
Feb 20, 12:18 PM ESTHigh Wind WatchBOXWashington15 hr
Feb 21, 12:29 PM ESTBlizzard WarningBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington55 hr
Feb 22, 7:24 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington5 hr
Feb 23, 12:45 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington5 hr
Feb 23, 5:13 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington5 hr
Mar 2, 12:54 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOXProvidence39 hr
Mar 3, 6:52 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington6 hr
Mar 4, 12:18 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryBOXKent, Providence48 hr
Mar 5, 9:32 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCProvidence6 hr
Mar 14, 12:09 PM EDTHigh Wind WatchBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington36 hr
Mar 15, 12:14 PM EDTFlood WatchBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington38 hr
Mar 16, 12:11 AM EDTHigh Wind WarningBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington30 hr
Mar 16, 11:45 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBOXKent, Providence21 days
Mar 16, 11:45 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBOXWashington55 hr
Mar 23, 11:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBOXKent, Providence20 hr
May 4, 11:43 AM EDTWind AdvisoryBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington30 hr
May 18, 12:57 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryBOXKent, Providence54 hr
May 19, 3:23 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCProvidence67 min
May 19, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXProvidence30 min
May 29, 3:59 AM EDTWind AdvisoryBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington40 hr
Jun 10, 1:21 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryBOXKent, Providence67 hr
Jun 13, 2:00 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington4 days
Jun 23, 3:20 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningBOXKent, Providence, Washington2 hr
Jun 23, 5:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXNewport100 min
Jun 28, 1:29 PM EDTExtreme Heat WatchBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington48 hr
Jun 30, 1:38 AM EDTExtreme Heat WarningBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington4 days
Jun 30, 1:25 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington4 days
Jul 1, 11:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXProvidence38 min
Jul 2, 11:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXProvidence53 min
Jul 4, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBristol, Kent, Newport, Washington3 hr
Jul 4, 9:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatBOXWashington61 min
Jul 4, 9:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXWashington52 min
Jul 5, 2:24 AM EDTFlood WatchBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington60 hr
Jul 13, 2:37 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington57 hr
Jul 13, 11:47 PM EDTRip Current StatementBOXNewport, Washington44 hr
Jul 18, 1:35 AM EDTRip Current StatementBOXNewport, Washington42 hr
Jul 20, 2:49 PM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryBOXNewport, Washington3 days
Jul 21, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington80 min
Jul 21, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBOXBristol, Kent, Washington89 min
Jul 21, 7:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXBristol, Newport, Washington93 min
Jul 27, 2:07 PM EDTFlood WatchBOXProvidence54 hr
Jul 30, 8:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXWashington3 hr
Aug 2, 3:25 PM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryBOXNewport, Washington30 hr
Aug 3, 3:28 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBristol, Kent, Providence, Washington2 hr
Aug 3, 8:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXBristol, Kent, Providence, Washington6 hr
Aug 3, 12:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXBristol, Newport105 min
Aug 3, 2:43 PM EDTRip Current StatementBOXNewport, Washington30 hr
Aug 4, 6:45 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBOXWashington4 hr
Aug 5, 1:25 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington55 hr
Aug 7, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXProvidence53 min
Aug 8, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCProvidence6 hr
Aug 8, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXProvidence13 min
Aug 8, 6:34 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBristol, Providence116 min
Aug 13, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOXKent, Newport, Washington32 min
Aug 17, 2:17 AM EDTRip Current StatementBOXNewport, Washington18 hr
Sep 12, 2:20 AM EDTFlood WatchBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington38 hr
Sep 13, 10:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington3 hr
Sep 13, 7:09 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBOXKent, Providence5 hr
Sep 14, 5:18 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningBOXWashington9 hr
Sep 21, 2:15 PM EDTRip Current StatementBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington30 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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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.