S. Drought Monitor declared a severe drought across Rhode Island, the eastern half of Massachusetts, and most of northern Connecticut.
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The episode as NWS BOX wrote it up.
The U.S. Drought Monitor declared a severe drought across Rhode Island, the eastern half of Massachusetts, and most of northern Connecticut. A moderate drought was declared over western Massachusetts and southwestern New Hampshire. This was declared as the result of a meteorological drought determined by precipitation that had been approximately one half of normal from January 2012 through April 2012. Rivers and streams were most affected as most ran at record low levels during the spring run-off season. No southern New England state issued drought declarations as reservoirs were at normal levels, thanks largely to above normal precipitation falling between August 2011 and November 2011.
The main impact of the meteorological drought was periods of very high fire danger. In addition, small pond levels were reduced. While soil moisture was well below normal, this drought occurred prior to the beginning of the growing season. Thus, no agricultural impacts were realized.
From January 1 through April 15, precipitation levels were 6 to 8 inches below normal across northeast Connecticut, Rhode Island, and southeast Massachusetts. Across the remainder of southern New England, precipitation levels were 5 to 7 inches below normal. This translates to around or less than 50 percent of normal precipitation for much of southern New England.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 12, 6:29 AM EST, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 729 AM EDT THU APR 12 2012 .SYNOPSIS... WEAK LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS TO THE REGION TODAY. A WARMING TREND WILL FOLLOW WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTH OF NEW ENGLAND. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING AN END TO THE UNSEASONABLY MILD WEATHER BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... 7AM UPDATE... WITH COOL LLVLS OVERNIGHT -SHRA HAVE ALMOST DIMINISHED COMPLETELY EARLY THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH...AREAS WHERE SOME EARLY MORNING SUN HAS SHOWN /NRN MA AND SRN NH/ WE ARE STARTING TO SEE MORE RETURNS ON THE RADAR. GIVEN THAT H5 TEMPS ARE BETWEEN -25C AND -30C... WITH H85 TEMPS HOVERING NEAR -1C PER LOCAL SOUNDINGS...EXPECT THAT SUNSHINE THIS MORNING WILL WORK AGAINST ITSELF WITH MID LVL LAPSE RATES APPROACHING 7C/KM. THEREFORE...BOTH CLOUD COVER AND SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ESPECIALLY LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP MENTION OF TS OUT OF FORECAST AS COOL MORNING TEMPS AND INCREASING CLOUDS WILL KEEP NEAR SFC LAYER MORE STABLE...BUT THIS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED AS GUIDANCE SUGGESTS CORRIDOR OF LESS STABILITY THROUGH ERN CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE FA. GIVEN ITS LOCATION...WEAK SEA BREEZE FRONT MAY INCREASE LIKELYHOOD OF HEAVIER SHOWERS. ALSO...GIVEN VERY COLD LOW TO MID LVL TEMPS...GRAUPEL IS A POSSIBILITY IN SOME OF THE SHOWERS THAT DEVELOP. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... UPPER LEVEL TROUGH/COLD POOL ALOFT ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WILL COMBINED WITH DIURNAL HEATING TO RESULT IN ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS TODAY. WHILE A FEW SPOT SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING EARLY THIS MORNING...EXPECT THE AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TO INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING AND ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE MODELS DO INDICATE THAT THE AREAL COVERAGE MAY BE A BIT LARGER THAN YESTERDAY...BUT IT STILL WILL BE HIT AND MISS AND CERTAINLY NOT EXPECTING A WASHOUT. WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST POPS ALONG A WEAK SEA BREEZE FRONT AND INTO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE MONADNOCKS/WORCESTER HILLS...WHERE THERE MIGHT BE SOME TERRAIN ENHANCEMENT. INSTABILITY APPEARS TOO LOW TO INSERT THUNDER INTO THE FORECAST...BUT THE DAY SHIFT WILL HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK JUST IN CASE. HOWEVER...ITS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT A FEW OF THE HEAVIER SHOWERS CONTAIN GRAUPEL/SMALL HAIL WITH THE COLD POOL ALOFT. PLENTY OF CLOUDS WILL HOLD HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S TODAY. IN FACT...ON SHORE FLOW WILL LIKELY HOLD HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S AND LOWER 50S ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY/... TONIGHT... THE SCATTERED SHOWERS SHOULD COME TO AN END BY MID TO LATE EVENING. THIS A RESULT OF THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH BEGINNING TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE REGION. WE SHOULD AT LEAST SEE SOME PARTIAL CLEARING FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT AS WINDS DIMINISH. THIS SHOULD ALLOW OVERNIGHT LOWS TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NH/WESTERN MA...TO MAINLY THE 30S ELSEWHERE. FRIDAY... THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE MOVING AWAY FROM THE REGION AS HEIGHT FIELDS BEGIN TO RISE. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND DRY WEATHER. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO RESPOND...WITH HIGHS EXPECTED TO REBOUND INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE ON THE IMMEDIATE COAST...WHERE LOCALIZED SEA BREEZES MAY HOLD HIGHS IN THE 50S. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... HIGHLIGHTS... * WARMING TREND THROUGH THE WEEKEND * COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH SOMETIME BETWEEN LATE SUN AND LATE MON * UNSETTLED CONDITIONS DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK OVERVIEW AND MODEL PREFERENCES... WHILE 12/00Z MODEL GUIDANCE SUITE IS CONVERGING ON A SOLN FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK...THERE STILL APPEAR TO DIFFERENCES IN THE HANDLING OF THE TROF/RIDGE INTERACTION THAT WILL AFFECT SENSIBLE WX DETAILS SUN NIGHT INTO MON. THE ISSUE APPEARS TO BE DIFFERENCES IN THE DEPTH SRD PROGRESSION OF THE NRN STREAM SHORTWAVE AND ITS ABILITY TO FLATTEN PERSISTENT SUBTROPICAL RIDGING FROM THE SE CONUS. ECMWF/ECENS MEAN HAS SPED UP A BIT...WITH A STRONGER WAVE...BUT CONTINUES TO BE ALMOST 12 HOURS SLOWER AND WEAKER THAN THE GFS/GEFS MEAN. ECMWF CONTINUES TO BE THE MOST PERSISTENT THOUGH...AND HPC CONTINUES TO LEAN ITS WAY...SO WILL BASE TIMING OF BOTH WARM AND COLD FRONT LATE IN THE WEEKEND TOWARD ITS SOLN. THIS WILL ALSO NOT STRAY TOO FAR FROM CURRENT FORECAST DATABASE. DUE TO THE SYNOPTIC DIFFERENCES IN THE STRENGTH OF THE RIDGE FOLLOWING THIS WAVE PASSAGE...THERE CONTINUES TO BE ISSUES INTO NEXT WEAK REGARDING A SECOND WAVE MOVING IN FROM THE PLAINS. WHILE BOTH ECMWF AND GFS SUGGEST FORMATION OF A STRONG BAROCLINIC ZONE W OF THE AREA UPON WHICH THE WAVE WILL REACT...THE MORE AMPLIFIED ECMWF DELAYS THE ONSET OF THE WAVE TOWARD MID TO LATE WEEK...WHILE THE GFS SUGGEST IT ARRIVES BY LATE TUE INTO WED. GIVEN THAT ECMWF CONTINUES TO SHOW BETTER SKILL IN THE EXTENDED...HAVE TRENDED FORECAST TOWARD IT...BUT WITH A BLEND OF CURRENT FORECAST. DETAILS... FRI NIGHT INTO SAT... HIGH PRES WILL RIDGE OVER THE AREA FROM THE S AS SUBTROPICAL MID LVL RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE ERN SEABOARD. THIS WILL PROMOTE MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS FOR THIS PERIOD. H85 TEMPS WILL BE INCREASING INTO THE DAY SAT TO AN AVG OF +5C BY PEAK HEATING. THEREFORE...ALTHOUGH CLOUDS WILL BE INCREASING AS A WAVE APPROACHES...SOME AREAS SEEING NEAR 70F CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE OTHER ISSUE FOR SAT WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR ELEVATED FIRE WX RISK. DRY CONDITIONS WILL RETURN DESPITE INCREASING DWPTS. SOUNDINGS ALSO SUGGEST 25 TO 30 KT LLJ SHOULD BE TAPPED...WHICH WOULD YIELD WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. WILL NEED TO KEEP THIS IN MIND AS MINUTE DETAILS ARE WORKED OUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SUN INTO MON... WHILE THERE ARE TIMING DIFFERENCES THAT WILL NEED TO BE RESOLVED LEADING UP TO THIS PERIOD...THE PREFERRED SOLN SUGGESTED BY THE OPNL ECMWF/HPC WOULD SUGGEST THAT BEST DYNAMICS REMAIN WELL N OF THE AREA WITH A WAVE MOVING THROUGH CANADA. THE WARM FRONT WILL APPROACH...AND ACTUALLY PASS OVER THE AREA TO THE N...ALLOWING SRN NEW ENGLAND TO BE WELL ENTRENCHED IN THE WARM SECTOR SUN INTO EARLY MON. WILL ALSO NEED TO MONITOR UPSTREAM AS THIS FRONT APPROACHES...SINCE GUIDANCE SHOWS A POCKET OF INSTABILITY OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS MAY MEAN THE REMNANTS OF AN MCS COULD BRING SOME RAINFALL AS THE FRONT PASSES. THE SENSIBLE WX DIFFERENCES FROM THE TWO POSSIBLE SOLNS WOULD BE HOW WARM IT IS...AND HOW DRY IT WILL BE BOTH SUN AND MON. THE FASTER GFS WOULD SUGGEST IT IS MOSTLY WET SUN...BUT DRY MON...WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES ALL AROUND. THE ECMWF SOLN /USED FOR THIS FORECAST/ WOULD SUGGEST THE COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH MOSTLY DRY AFTER SOME SHOWERS ON SUN...BUT WOULD BE SLOW ENOUGH SUCH THAT BOTH SUN AND MON ARE MUCH WARMER. SINCE THIS SOLN WAS USED...EXPECT SOME SHOWERY AND POSSIBLE EVEN AN RUMBLE OF THUNDER SUN. WITH TEMPS WELL INTO THE 70S POSSIBLE BOTH DAYS...ESPECIALLY MON AS THE DRY AIR FROM UPSTREAM HIGH PRES WOULD SUGGEST MORE INSOLATION MON THAN ON SUN. TUE INTO WED... SUBTROPICAL RIDGE REBOUNDS AS APPROACHING WAVE FROM THE SW FEEDS WAA INTO IT. ECMWF CONTINUES TO BE STRONGER WITH THIS RIDGE AND DELAYS THE ARRIVAL OF IMPACTS FROM THE WAVE UNTIL WED. WILL CONTINUE TO TREND TO THE ECMWF BECAUSE GIVEN THE PROJECTED STRENGTH FROM THE HIGH ASSOCIATED WITH THE RIDGE /1020+ HPA/ FEEL THAT THE GFS MAY BE MOVING IT E TOO FAST. IN ANY CASE...IT APPEARS THAT BEST CHANCE FOR MORE WETTING PRECIP WILL BE ON WED AS THE INCOMING WAVE INTERACTS WITH A NEAR SFC BAROCLINIC ZONE STALLED TO THE W. LATE NEXT WEEK... LOW CONFIDENCE IN ANY ONE SOLN AT THIS PINT AS IT WILL BE DICTATED BY THE STRENGTH OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AS IT TRIES TO MOVE OVER...THEN E OF THE REGION. WILL CONTINUE WITH ECMWF AS BASELINE DUE TO ITS SKILL IN THE EXTENDED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF SEASONS. && .AVIATION /11Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... FORECASTER CONFIDENCE LEVELS... LOW...LESS THAN 30 PERCENT MODERATE...30 PERCENT TO 60 PERCENT HIGH...GREATER THAN 60 PERCENT OVERVIEW... MODERATE TO HIGH CONFIDENCE IN TAFS. VFR EXPECTED TO REMAIN DOMINANT CATEGORY THROUGH TONIGHT. SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING...WITH ISOLATED AND BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. KBOS TAF...HIGH CONFIDENCE. VFR CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO TONIGHT. EASTERLY WINDS DEVELOPING LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. A FEW SHOWERS MAY EFFECT THE TERMINAL ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OUTLOOK... FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... MODERATE TO HIGH CONFIDENCE VFR. PERIODS OF SHOWERS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MAY REDUCE CONDITIONS TO MVFR. SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY... LOW TO MODERATE CONFIDENCE. COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE COULD BRING PERIODS OF MVFR CONDITIONS. && .MARINE... TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY... WINDS AND SEAS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SCA THRESHOLDS WITH A RELATIVELY WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT. HOWEVER...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW HOURS OF LOWER 20 KNOT NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. OUTLOOK... FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...HIGH CONFIDENCE. PLEASANT BOATING WEATHER EXPECTED. WINDS AND SEAS REMAIN BELOW SCA. SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...LOW TO MODERATE CONFIDENCE. SEAS BUILD AS LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES THE REGION. WINDS REACH 25 TO 30 KT DURING THE DAY SUN. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES LIKELY. SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...MODERATE TO HIGH CONFIDENCE. WINDS AND SEAS DIMINISH AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE WATERS FOLLOWING A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. && .FIRE WEATHER... TODAY... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS ONLY DROPPING TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 PERCENT ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND REMAINING OVER 50 PERCENT ON THE COAST WILL LIMIT FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL. FRIDAY... ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL WILL RETURN TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. DRY WEATHER IS ON TAP WITH MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH EXISTS DURING THE AFTERNOON. WHILE THIS IS BELOW OUR CRITERIA FOR ANY HEADLINES...GIVEN THE LACK OF ANY RECENT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL...FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL WILL BE ELEVATED. OUTLOOK... SATURDAY...WHILE MIN RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DIP EVEN LOWER /TO AROUND 20 PERCENT/ THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY IN HOW STRONG THE WINDS WILL BE. A FEW GUSTS TO 25 MPH ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION...BUT IT APPEARS THEY MAY NOT BE WIDESPREAD UNTIL LATER IN THE DAY. WILL NEED TO MONITOR...BECAUSE SHOULD THE CHANCE FOR STRONGER WINDS BE MORE LIKELY...THE RISK WOULD BE MUCH MORE ELEVATED. WHILE WIND GUSTS COULD BE STRONGER BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY...WITH 30 MPH GUSTS LIKELY. MIN RH VALUES WILL BE HIGHER /CLOSER TO 50 PERCENT/...AS A MORE MOIST AIRMASS MOVES OVER THE AREA WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME SHOWERS. && .BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. MA...NONE. NH...NONE. RI...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...FRANK/DOODY NEAR TERM...FRANK/DOODY SHORT TERM...FRANK LONG TERM...DOODY AVIATION...FRANK/DOODY MARINE...FRANK/DOODY FIRE WEATHER...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 346 AM EDT THU APR 12 2012 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-130800- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI- WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 346 AM EDT THU APR 12 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS THE LOW PROBABILITY OF AN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER RISK SATURDAY. MIN RH VALUES WILL DIP TO AROUND 20 PERCENT...WIND GUSTS MAY REACH 25 MPH...BUT THERE IS A CHANCE IT WILL BE LOWER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ230>237-250-251-254>256-130800- BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND- BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND- COASTAL WATERS EAST OF IPSWICH BAY AND THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND IPSWICH BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS EXTENDING OUT TO 25 NM SOUTH OF MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET- COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO MARTHAS VINEYARD EXTENDING OUT TO 20 NM SOUTH OF BLOCK ISLAND- 346 AM EDT THU APR 12 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The U.S. Drought Monitor declared severe drought (D2) over northwestern Providence County from April 12 through April 24. This was deemed a meteorological drought due to precipitation levels approximately one half of normal.
The U.S. Drought Monitor declared severe drought (D2) over southeastern Providence County from April 12 through April 24. This was deemed a meteorological drought due to precipitation levels approximately one half of normal.
The U.S. Drought Monitor declared severe drought (D2) over western Kent County from April 12 through April 24. This was deemed a meteorological drought due to precipitation levels approximately one half of normal.
The U.S. Drought Monitor declared severe drought (D2) over eastern Kent County from April 12 through April 24. This was deemed a meteorological drought due to precipitation levels approximately one half of normal.
The U.S. Drought Monitor declared severe drought (D2) over Bristol County from April 12 through April 24. This was deemed a meteorological drought due to precipitation levels approximately one half of normal.
The U.S. Drought Monitor declared severe drought (D2) over Washington County from April 12 through April 24. This was deemed a meteorological drought due to precipitation levels approximately one half of normal.
The U.S. Drought Monitor declared severe drought (D2) over Block Island from April 12 through April 24. This was deemed a meteorological drought due to precipitation levels approximately one half of normal.
The U.S. Drought Monitor declared severe drought (D2) over Newport County from April 12 through May 15. This was deemed a meteorological drought due to precipitation levels approximately one half of normal.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Rhode Island in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Rhode Island, April 2012
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: 377903, 377905, 377908, 377910, 377912, 377916, 377917, 377918.