Weather alerts in Massachusetts, 1997
85 weather alerts in 1997, 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 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 85
- Warnings
- 77
- Watches
- 8
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- July52 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 3, 199714 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 10:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkshire, Franklin | 5 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 39 min |
| Feb 22, 2:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 22 min |
| Feb 22, 2:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 59 min |
| Feb 22, 2:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 53 min |
| May 1, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 43 min |
| May 1, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 63 min |
| May 1, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 45 min |
| May 1, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex | 41 min |
| May 6, 11:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 5 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Plymouth | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol | 61 min |
| Jun 25, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 40 min |
| Jul 3, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 70 min |
| Jul 3, 5:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 60 min |
| Jul 3, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin | 30 min |
| Jul 3, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 65 min |
| Jul 3, 6:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 61 min |
| Jul 3, 6:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Hampden | 58 min |
| Jul 3, 6:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Franklin | 59 min |
| Jul 3, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Hampshire | 57 min |
| Jul 3, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 67 min |
| Jul 3, 7:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 59 min |
| Jul 3, 7:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Worcester | 53 min |
| Jul 3, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 61 min |
| Jul 3, 8:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 8:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Franklin, Worcester | 63 min |
| Jul 3, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampshire | 61 min |
| Jul 3, 8:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 68 min |
| Jul 3, 10:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 69 min |
| Jul 3, 11:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable | 52 min |
| Jul 7, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampshire | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 65 min |
| Jul 7, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Norfolk, Worcester | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Norfolk, Plymouth | 64 min |
| Jul 7, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 64 min |
| Jul 7, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 56 min |
| Jul 7, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 65 min |
| Jul 7, 8:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 69 min |
| Jul 9, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 52 min |
| Jul 9, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 63 min |
| Jul 9, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin | 63 min |
| Jul 9, 3:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 49 min |
| Jul 9, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 49 min |
| Jul 9, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 62 min |
| Jul 9, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 64 min |
| Jul 9, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 68 min |
| Jul 9, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 64 min |
| Jul 9, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 55 min |
| Jul 15, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 52 min |
| Jul 15, 3:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden | 4 hr |
| Jul 17, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire | 6 hr |
| Jul 17, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Essex, Middlesex | 4 hr |
| Jul 17, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 42 min |
| Jul 17, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 67 min |
| Jul 17, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 65 min |
| Jul 18, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 10:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Barnstable | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 67 min |
| Aug 3, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk | 56 min |
| Aug 9, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 60 min |
| Aug 9, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 60 min |
| Aug 20, 1:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Barnstable | 54 min |
| Aug 20, 1:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Plymouth | 61 min |
| Aug 20, 2:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Bristol | 69 min |
| Aug 20, 2:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Plymouth | 52 min |
| Aug 20, 3:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Barnstable | 31 min |
| Aug 20, 3:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Plymouth | 47 min |
| Aug 22, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Norfolk | 33 min |
| Aug 22, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 61 min |
| Aug 22, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 57 min |
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 | 58 |
| Tornado Warning | 15 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 7 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
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 archive19961998
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.