Rhode Island Tornadoes 1950-2012

This page lists the date and location of all the tornadoes that have occurred in Rhode Island from the year 1950. If you are interested in reading about the “worst” tornadoes that have struck Rhode Island (and all other states), see this page on our site. If you want to find out about specific tornadoes that have occurred since 2012, check out the NCDC Storm Events page.

Links to the Specific Counties

all times are Central Standard Time 
 
 
Bristol County Tornadoes

   653 SEP 14, 1972  1  15:45    0  0   0  41.48 -071.38  00.00       0  1
  1374 JLY 23, 2008  0  14:05    0  0   1  41.71 -071.29  41.72 -071.23  1, to MA 5
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Kent County Tornadoes

  1075 OCT 18, 1990  1  21:10    0  0   1  41.70 -071.45  41.77 -071.37  3
   874 AUG 13, 1994  1  15:30    0  0   0  41.68 -071.57  00.00       0  3
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Providence County Tornadoes



   595 AUG 26, 1985  1  13:00    0  0   1  41.85 -071.80  41.87 -071.78  7, from CT 15
   605 AUG  7, 1986  1  13:30    0  0   1  41.92 -071.43  00.00       0  7
   607 AUG  7, 1986  2  14:15    0 20   2  41.77 -071.45  41.82 -071.43  7
   612 AUG  8, 1986  3   8:15    0  0   1  41.98 -071.73  42.03 -071.58  7, to MA 27
   766 SEP 23, 1989  1  13:30    0  3   0  41.77 -071.45  00.00       0  7
   471 AUG 16, 2000  1  13:00    0  0   0  41.85 -071.77  41.85 -071.77  7
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Washignton County Tornadoes

408638 AUG 10, 2012  0  13:54    0  0   0  41.15 -071.57  41.20 -071.56  9


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