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Providence County, Rhode Island
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1957 and 2025, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
12
Tornado reports
63
Hail reports
146
Floods since 1996
451
All events
0
Deaths
$36.7M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Providence County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 12 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Heavy rain over the same part of Rhode Island for the second day in a row resulted in widespread flash flooding across much of Kent County and Cranston. Information on flooding in Kent County can be found in a separate event entry for Kent County. In Cranston, a car became stuck …
Six to nine inches of rain fell across Providence County, resulting in rises on both the Blackstone River at Woonsocket and the Pawtuxet River at Cranston. The Blackstone rose to moderate flood and the Pawtuxet rose to nearly 21 feet, surpassing the previous flood of record set o…
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In Cranston, a tree and wires were down.
Lightning Lightning
In North Smithfield, a tree was down and on fire due to lightning.
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In Pawtucket, a tree was down on a house.
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In North Providence, a tree was down on wires on Randall Rd.
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In Providence, a tree was down on Prairie Ave.
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In Providence, a tree was down on Wallace St.
Lightning Lightning
In Woonsocket, there was a porch fire due to lightning on Summer Place.
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In Burrillville, a tree was down blocking the westbound lane of East Ave.
Hail Hail
In Foster Rhode Island, quarter sized hail fell.
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In Providence, dozens of trees were down across the city, including two dozen in Roger Williams Park. A utility pole was also downed.
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In Smithfield, multiple trees down on Macarthur and Eisenhower Dr.
Tornado EF1 Tornado
A tornado touched down near Breakneck Hill Road in Lincoln, RI and traveled to the east-northeast. A number of large hardwood trees were uprooted, some of which fell onto homes and other structures in both Lincoln and Cumberland, RI. The tornado reached maximum intensity of aroun…
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In Glocester, a few trees were downed on Rt 44 at Dorr Dr and Indian Trail.
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In Glocester, many large trees were downed near the intersection of Cooper and Douglas Rd.
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In Johnston, several trees were downed or uprooted.
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In North Smithfield, a tree was down blocking Farnum Pike and Greenville Rd at Rt 7.
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In Lincoln, a tree and power lines were downed at Douglas Pike at Whipple Rd.
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In East Providence, a tree was downed blocking one lane on Pleasant St.
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In Central Falls, several trees and wires were down on Lonsdale Ave.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
In Providence, Pavillion Ave at Eddy St was impassible due to flooding. There were reports of ongoing water rescues due to flooding in Providence.
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In Providence, George St was flooded with manhole covers popped off.
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In Providence, portions of Vandewater St, Charles St, and Barnes St were flooded and impassable.
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Flooding as deep as 2 to 3 feet affected many of the same locations that were flooded during the January 9-10, 2024 storm including Branch Avenue, Valley Street, Charles Street, Hartford Avenue, and Pocasset Avenue in Providence.
Flood Flood
Places like Cranston and North Providence recieved 4.86 inches and 4.54 inches of rain respectively. In Central Falls at 1:00 AM EST a section of Higginson Ave was closed due to flooding. At 2:10 AM EST in Johnston the exit off ramps of Rt 6 East and Rt 6 West to Atwood Ave were …
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In Glocester, a tree and wires were down on Bungy Rd.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
In Woonsocket, two cars were stuck in street flooding on Mandeville Hill Rd.
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In Woonsocket, a car was stuck in flooding on Railroad St.
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In Woonsocket, there was 2 feet of water in a back yard entering a house.
Tornado EF0 Tornado
An EF-1 with maximum winds of 100 mph began east of North Central State Airport along Wellington Road in the town of Lincoln, RI. A video did show a funnel cloud passing over the adjacent airport but found no damage. The tornado uprooted a large tree and damaged am estimated 20' …
Tornado EF1 Tornado
An EF-1 with maximum winds of 100 mph began in a wooded area between Chopmist Hill Road (Route 102) and Bungy Road in the town of Glocester, RI here the tornado either snapped or uprooted an estimated 75 or more, healthy and mature trees. The tornado moved northeast and crossed B…
Flood Flood
In Pawtucket, Newport Ave at Ferris Ave was flooded.
Flood Flood
In Lincoln, Breakneck Hill Rd was flooded.
Flood Flood
In Pawtucket, Newport Ave was flooded.
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In Pawtucket, cars were stuck in flood waters near Armisticle Blvd.
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In North Providence, there was a flooded basement on Brown Ave.
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In North Providence, there was a flooded basement on Brown Ave.
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In North Providence, Branch Ave was closed with cars stranded.
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In Cumberland, there was an inch of basement flooding along Pennsylvania Ave.
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In Cumberland, there was an inch of basement flooding along Pennsylvania Ave.
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In Cumberland, water entered homes on Fairhaven Rd. Marshall Ave was flooded and water came into a home through the basement window on Mowry Ave.
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In Providence, multiple water rescues were done for vehicles stranded in flood waters. Rt 10 was closed and several manhole covers were pushed up.
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In Providence, there was water covering Rt 10 at Union Ave.
Flood Flood
In Cranston, Scituate Ave was flooded.
A tornado caused significant damage along a discontinuous path in Scituate, Johnston, and North Providence, Rhode Island. This is the strongest tornado to have struck Rhode Island since the F-2 tornado in Cranston and Providence on August 7, 1986. The tornado first touched down n…
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In Scituate, there were numerous trees down on Byron Randall Rd. Additionally, a tree was down on a home.
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In Providence, multiple trees and wires were down.
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In Scituate, there was a tree down on a house.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 0 |
| 2024 | 14 | 1 |
| 2023 | 51 | 3 |
| 2022 | 25 | 0 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1 |
| 2020 | 12 | 0 |
| 2019 | 19 | 0 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 |
| 2016 | 35 | 0 |
| 2015 | 11 | 0 |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 |
| 2013 | 9 | 0 |
| 2012 | 22 | 0 |
| 2011 | 9 | 0 |
| 2010 | 10 | 0 |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 |
| 2008 | 26 | 0 |
| 2007 | 8 | 0 |
| 2006 | 21 | 0 |
| 2005 | 9 | 0 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 1 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 17 | 0 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 1 |
| 1986 | 3 | 3 |
| 1985 | 1 | 1 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1974 | 1 | 0 |
| 1973 | 1 | 0 |
| 1971 | 1 | 0 |
| 1969 | 2 | 0 |
| 1965 | 1 | 0 |
| 1961 | 1 | 0 |
| 1957 | 1 | 0 |
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