Alert archive / Rhode Island / 2026
Weather alerts in Rhode Island, January 2026
14 weather alerts in January 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 January 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 14
- Warnings
- 5
- Watches
- 1
- Advisories
- 5
- Busiest day
- January 1, 20264 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 6:45 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BOX | Kent, Providence, Washington | 45 min |
| Jan 1, 7:29 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 61 min |
| Jan 1, 8:28 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 47 min |
| Jan 1, 8:46 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 59 min |
| Jan 6, 12:22 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Kent, Providence | 34 hr |
| Jan 17, 1:17 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 42 hr |
| Jan 22, 11:44 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 25 hr |
| Jan 22, 11:48 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 46 hr |
| Jan 23, 12:28 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 3 days |
| Jan 25, 11:55 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:02 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jan 25, 7:26 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 5 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:31 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 34 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:17 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | BOX | Kent, Providence | 20 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 | |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 3 |
| Winter | |
| Snow Squall Warning | 4 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Cold Weather Advisory | 3 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
Nearby
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.