Alert archive / Rhode Island / Mesoscale Discussions
Mesoscale Discussions in Rhode Island, 2026
11 mesoscale discussions 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 mesoscale discussions reaches back to 2003.
Mesoscale Discussions by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 11
- Busiest month
- January3 mesoscale discussions
- Busiest day
- February 23, 20263 mesoscale discussions
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Feb 22, 7:24 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 5 hr |
| Feb 23, 12:45 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 5 hr |
| Feb 23, 5:13 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 6:52 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 9:32 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Providence | 6 hr |
| May 19, 3:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Providence | 67 min |
| Aug 3, 3:28 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bristol, Kent, Providence, Washington | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bristol, Providence | 116 min |
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.