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Rhode Island Flood Stories

176 first-hand accounts of flood events in Rhode Island, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flash Flood

Providence, RI · Jul 4, 2023

A mid level trough and a quasi-stationary boundary across Southern New England led to widespread flash flooding in the late hours of the 3rd into the 4th.

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Flash Flood

Providence, RI · Jul 4, 2023

A mid level trough and a quasi-stationary boundary across Southern New England led to widespread flash flooding in the late hours of the 3rd into the 4th.

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Flash Flood

Providence, RI · Jul 4, 2023

A mid level trough and a quasi-stationary boundary across Southern New England led to widespread flash flooding in the late hours of the 3rd into the 4th.

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Flash Flood

Providence, RI · Jul 4, 2023

A mid level trough and a quasi-stationary boundary across Southern New England led to widespread flash flooding in the late hours of the 3rd into the 4th.

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Flash Flood

Providence, RI · Jul 4, 2023

A mid level trough and a quasi-stationary boundary across Southern New England led to widespread flash flooding in the late hours of the 3rd into the 4th.

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Flash Flood

Providence, RI · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

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Flash Flood

Providence, RI · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

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Flash Flood

Providence, RI · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

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Flash Flood

Providence, RI · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

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Flash Flood

Providence, RI · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

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Flash Flood

Providence, RI · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

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Flash Flood

Providence, RI · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

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Flood

Providence, RI · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

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Flood

Providence, RI · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

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Flood

Providence, RI · Sep 11, 2023

A deamplifying mid level shortwave with dewpoints in the 70s and decent instability brought scattered thunderstorms and widespread flash flooding to Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

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Flood$25K damage

Providence, RI · Mar 2, 2007

Low pressure over the mid Atlantic states strengthened as it tracked over southeast New England. Snow quickly changed to heavy rain as the storm reached Rhode Island, when milder air was drawn into the region.

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Flood

Kent, RI · Nov 3, 2018

Low pressure over New York City early in the morning on November 3rd rapidly intensified as it moved northeastward across New England. Heavy rain occurred in the early morning hours, with generally 1.50 to 2.50 inches in eastern sections of southern New England and up to 3.66…

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Coastal Flood

Block Island, RI · Dec 23, 2022

Low pressure deepened rapidly as it tracked through the eastern Great Lakes.|The storm produced damaging southeast to south winds across much of southern New England and minor to moderate coastal flooding the east and south coasts.

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Coastal Flood

Southeast Providence, RI · Dec 23, 2022

Low pressure deepened rapidly as it tracked through the eastern Great Lakes.|The storm produced damaging southeast to south winds across much of southern New England and minor to moderate coastal flooding the east and south coasts.

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Coastal Flood

Bristol, RI · Dec 23, 2022

Low pressure deepened rapidly as it tracked through the eastern Great Lakes.|The storm produced damaging southeast to south winds across much of southern New England and minor to moderate coastal flooding the east and south coasts.

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Coastal Flood

Eastern Kent, RI · Dec 23, 2022

Low pressure deepened rapidly as it tracked through the eastern Great Lakes.|The storm produced damaging southeast to south winds across much of southern New England and minor to moderate coastal flooding the east and south coasts.

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Flood

Kent, RI · Oct 30, 2017

The remnants of Tropical Storm Phillipe merged with a mid-latitude system approaching the U.S. East Coast. This created an area of low pressure that moved north from the Carolinas through New York State on the 29th.

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Tropical Storm

Block Island, RI · Sep 20, 2017

Jose formed over the Tropical Atlantic, moving west and growing to become a Major Hurricane. Jose passed north of the Leeward Islands, then turned on a northward path north of the Dominican Republic.

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Flood

Bristol, RI · Mar 2, 2007

Low pressure over the mid Atlantic states strengthened as it tracked over southeast New England. Snow quickly changed to heavy rain as the storm reached Rhode Island, when milder air was drawn into the region.

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