Hail, Providence
- When
- May 23, 2:50 PM EST
- Where
- Providence County, Johnston
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.871, -71.579 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail in Rhode Island, May 23, 1994
2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Newport
- When
- May 23, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Newport County, Newport
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -71.281 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A strong thunderstorm moved toward the south through the state and brought numerous reports of small hail, including one-half inch hail at the National Weather Service Office in Warwick. In North Smithfield, small hail collected so deeply in places that it looked like snow. There were scattered reports of large hail. In Johnston, a local television weather spotter observed one inch hail. A short time later, dime-size hail fell in Newport along with 2.13 inches of rain in 30 minutes. Several thousand electric customers lost power for a short time in Warwick and West Greenville. Wind gusts to around 40 mph occurred with this storm.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 23, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 23, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 23, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, May 23, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, May 23, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 23, 1994
- Tornadoes in Nebraska, May 23, 1994
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 23, 1994
- Hail in Connecticut, May 23, 1994
- Hail in Maine, May 23, 1994
- Hail in Texas, May 23, 1994
More
Every storm in Rhode Island in 1994Every state in 1994This day in weather historyWarnings in Rhode Island, May 1994
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10345396, 10345373.