Alert archive / Rhode Island / Flood Watches
Flood Watches in Rhode Island, 2026
5 flood watches in 2026. 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 flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 5
- Busiest month
- July2 flood watches
- Busiest day
- March 15, 20261 flood watches
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 12:14 PM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 38 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:24 AM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 60 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:07 PM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Providence | 54 hr |
| Sep 12, 2:20 AM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 38 hr |
| Sep 26, 12:18 PM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 62 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.
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.