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Flash Flood Warnings in Rhode Island, 2023

16 flash flood warnings in 2023. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of flash flood warnings reaches back to 1986.

Flash Flood Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Flash Flood Warnings
16
Busiest month
September6 flash flood warnings
Busiest day
July 4, 20233 flash flood warnings

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
Jun 27, 4:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXBristol, Newport56 min
Jul 4, 2:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXKent, Providence, Washington3 hr
Jul 4, 3:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXBristol, Providence2 hr
Jul 4, 4:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXNewport89 min
Jul 10, 12:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXNewport2 hr
Jul 16, 1:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington6 hr
Aug 8, 10:47 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXProvidence3 hr
Aug 18, 8:26 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXBristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington2 hr
Aug 18, 9:18 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXProvidence79 min
Aug 18, 9:36 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXNewport2 hr
Sep 10, 1:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXKent, Providence3 hr
Sep 11, 4:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXBristol, Providence3 hr
Sep 11, 5:11 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatBOXBristol, Providence3 hr
Sep 11, 8:14 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatBOXBristol, Providence3 hr
Sep 13, 12:14 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatBOXBristol, Kent, Providence105 min
Sep 13, 5:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBOXProvidence3 hr

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.

  1. July 4, 20233flash flood warnings
  2. August 18, 20233flash flood warnings
  3. September 11, 20232flash flood warnings
  4. September 13, 20232flash flood warnings
  5. June 27, 20231flash flood warnings
  6. July 10, 20231flash flood warnings
  7. July 16, 20231flash flood warnings
  8. August 8, 20231flash flood warnings
  9. September 10, 20231flash flood warnings
  10. September 12, 20231flash flood warnings

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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.