Weather alerts in Bristol County, Rhode Island

2,270 weather alerts since 1986, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Bristol County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 2,270
Warnings: 420
Watches: 412
Advisories: 773
Busiest year: 2018129 alerts
Average year: 67over 34 years on file

Over time

By year

Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.

By month of the year

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	127
Tornado Warning	4
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	87
Tornado Watch	11
Mesoscale Discussion	376
Special Weather Statement	253
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	43
Flash Flood Warning	48
Flash Flood Watch	53
Flood Watch	86
Areal Flood Advisory	125
Winter
Blizzard Warning	10
Heavy Snow Warning	1
Snow Squall Warning	9
Winter Storm Warning	48
Blizzard Watch	5
Winter Storm Watch	48
Freezing Rain Advisory	1
Snow Advisory	5
Winter Weather Advisory	117
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	5
Extreme Heat Warning	2
Excessive Heat Watch	3
Extreme Heat Watch	2
Heat Advisory	42
Cold
Freeze Warning	14
Wind Chill Warning	2
Freeze Watch	6
Wind Chill Watch	3
Cold Weather Advisory	3
Frost Advisory	29
Wind Chill Advisory	9
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	49
High Wind Watch	54
Wind Advisory	228
Fire
Red Flag Warning	33
Fire Weather Watch	27
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	165
Tropical
Hurricane Warning	2
Storm Surge Warning	1
Tropical Storm Warning	10
Hurricane Watch	3
Storm Surge Watch	1
Tropical Storm Watch	9
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	12
Coastal Flood Watch	14
Coastal Flood Advisory	49
Beach Hazards Statement	1
Coastal Flood Statement	33
Rip Current Statement	2

The latest warnings

The most recent on file, newest first.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 13, 10:46 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	3 hr
Aug 3, 12:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	105 min
Aug 3, 8:15 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	6 hr
Jul 21, 7:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOX	93 min
Jun 30, 1:38 AM EDT	Extreme Heat Warning	BOX	4 days
Mar 16, 12:11 AM EDT	High Wind Warning	BOX	30 hr
Feb 21, 12:29 PM EST	Blizzard Warning	BOX	55 hr
Jan 23, 12:28 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BOX	3 days
Jan 1, 8:46 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning	BOX	59 min
Jan 1, 8:28 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning	BOX	47 min
Jan 1, 7:29 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning	BOX	61 min

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.