176 first-hand accounts of flood events in Rhode Island, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →A slow-moving cold front crossed New England from the afternoon of January 12 to the morning of January 13. Strong southerly winds ahead of the front drew mild and humid air north over Southern New England. This helped generate heavy downpours before the front moved through.
Read the full account →A strong storm system passed well to the west of southern New England on November 30th and early on December 1st. Strong to damaging wind gusts occurred on November 30th and the entire state of Rhode Island received between 2.20 and 3.78 inches of rain.
Read the full account →A strong storm system passed well to the west of southern New England on November 30th and early on December 1st. Strong to damaging wind gusts occurred on November 30th and the entire state of Rhode Island received between 2.20 and 3.78 inches of rain.
Read the full account →Hermine was named on August 31st as it intensified to a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico. She meandered about in the eastern Gulf of Mexico before moving northeastward across the Florida panhandle, through Georgia and then along the coast of North and South Carolina.
Read the full account →A warm front moving across southern New England triggered severe thunderstorms with wind damage across western portions of southern New England from the mid afternoon hours and through the evening.
Read the full account →A warm front moving across southern New England triggered severe thunderstorms with wind damage across western portions of southern New England from the mid afternoon hours and through the evening.
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