Flood, Northwest Providence
- When
- January 28, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northwest Providence forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.871, -71.579 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Rhode Island, January 28, 1996
Ahead of an approaching sharp cold front, south winds gusting to 50 to 60 mph, heavy rainfall of 1 to 2 inches, and very mild temperatures rising into the 50s occurred. A peak wind gust to 63 mph was reported at Tiverton.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BOX wrote it up.
Ahead of an approaching sharp cold front, south winds gusting to 50 to 60 mph, heavy rainfall of 1 to 2 inches, and very mild temperatures rising into the 50s occurred. A peak wind gust to 63 mph was reported at Tiverton. Two large trees and two power poles were reported blown down in Foster. Scattered power outages were reported throughout the state as some trees and tree limbs were blown down by the high winds. Minor river flooding occurred within about 24 hours of the storm. The Blackstone River in Woonsocket reached a crest of 9.5 feet at 4 PM on the 28th; flood stage is 9.0 feet.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Washington, January 28, 1996
- Cold in Montana, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Blizzard in Iowa, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Blizzard in Minnesota, January 28 to 29, 1996
- High Wind in New Mexico, January 28, 1996
- Cold in South Dakota, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 28 to 30, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, January 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 28 to 30, 1996
- Cold in Wyoming, January 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Cold in South Dakota, January 28 to 29, 1996
More
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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: 5552005.