Weather alerts in Massachusetts, 1996
81 weather alerts in 1996, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 81
- Warnings
- 81
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- June21 alerts
- Busiest day
- October 21, 199612 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 9:33 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol | 6 hr |
| Jan 19, 5:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 5 hr |
| Apr 22, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 68 min |
| Apr 22, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 37 min |
| May 11, 6:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 37 min |
| May 11, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampshire | 46 min |
| May 21, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 45 min |
| May 21, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 44 min |
| May 21, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Plymouth | 52 min |
| May 21, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable | 51 min |
| Jun 8, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 37 min |
| Jun 8, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Norfolk | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Norfolk | 32 min |
| Jun 8, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 68 min |
| Jun 8, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampshire | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 6:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Worcester | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 10:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 3:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin | 64 min |
| Jun 13, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 5:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampshire | 54 min |
| Jun 13, 6:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Hampshire | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampshire | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Worcester | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 9:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Suffolk | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex | 47 min |
| Jul 8, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 40 min |
| Jul 8, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 66 min |
| Jul 8, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 69 min |
| Jul 8, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 49 min |
| Jul 9, 1:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Dukes | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 2:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin | 48 min |
| Jul 9, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 11:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 10 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Worcester | 12 hr |
| Jul 13, 2:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Norfolk | 10 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 20 min |
| Jul 13, 9:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 7 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampshire | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 42 min |
| Aug 10, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Plymouth | 52 min |
| Aug 23, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 67 min |
| Aug 23, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 28 min |
| Aug 23, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 49 min |
| Aug 23, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 49 min |
| Aug 23, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 45 min |
| Aug 23, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 64 min |
| Aug 27, 1:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 103 min |
| Aug 27, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 103 min |
| Aug 27, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 53 min |
| Aug 27, 5:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Hampshire | 4 hr |
| Aug 27, 5:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Hampshire | 65 min |
| Aug 27, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampshire | 65 min |
| Aug 27, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 69 min |
| Oct 20, 9:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Norfolk, Suffolk | 8 hr |
| Oct 20, 5:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Norfolk, Suffolk | 6 hr |
| Oct 20, 8:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 4 hr |
| Oct 20, 9:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Plymouth | 6 hr |
| Oct 20, 9:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 4 hr |
| Oct 20, 10:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 8 hr |
| Oct 20, 10:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Norfolk, Suffolk | 8 hr |
| Oct 20, 10:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Plymouth | 8 hr |
| Oct 21, 2:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 8 hr |
| Oct 21, 6:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk | 6 hr |
| Oct 21, 6:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Plymouth | 6 hr |
| Oct 21, 10:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 12 hr |
| Oct 21, 10:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Norfolk, Suffolk | 12 hr |
| Oct 21, 10:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Plymouth | 12 hr |
| Dec 2, 9:23 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 3 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 46 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 33 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19951997
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.