Alert archive / Massachusetts / 2008
Weather alerts in Massachusetts, February 2008
62 weather alerts in February 2008, 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 February 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 62
- Warnings
- 19
- Watches
- 15
- Advisories
- 21
- Busiest day
- February 1, 20086 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 1, 4:38 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 6 hr |
| Feb 1, 4:38 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 14 hr |
| Feb 1, 4:45 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket and 4 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 1, 11:04 AM EST | Ice Storm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 12 hr |
| Feb 1, 1:15 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 4 hr |
| Feb 1, 2:52 PM EST | Ice Storm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 8 hr |
| Feb 4, 5:10 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 11 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:10 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 4:14 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 5 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:10 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 14 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:31 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Franklin, Middlesex, Worcester | 13 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:33 PM EST | Flood Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 37 hr |
| Feb 5, 5:06 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 4 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:53 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 31 hr |
| Feb 6, 5:27 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 23 hr |
| Feb 6, 5:58 AM EST | Flood Watch | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 7 hr |
| Feb 7, 9:29 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | BOX | Hampden | 6 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:39 AM EST | Snow Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 18 hr |
| Feb 9, 4:29 AM EST | Snow Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 23 hr |
| Feb 9, 10:16 PM EST | Wind Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 26 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:31 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more | 32 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:55 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 17 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:11 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 17 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:41 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 24 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:47 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 13 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:39 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 41 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:59 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BOX | Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 38 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:59 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and 1 more | 28 hr |
| Feb 12, 11:13 AM EST | Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and 2 more | 34 hr |
| Feb 12, 12:58 PM EST | Flood Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 38 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:54 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth | 30 hr |
| Feb 12, 7:41 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 13, 1:31 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkshire, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 13, 7:49 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkshire, Franklin | 4 hr |
| Feb 13, 4:32 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Norfolk, Suffolk | 6 hr |
| Feb 13, 5:03 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 30 hr |
| Feb 13, 5:15 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 90 min | |
| Feb 13, 10:50 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Worcester | 13 hr |
| Feb 14, 4:30 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 41 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:12 AM EST | Flood Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 37 hr |
| Feb 17, 7:03 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth | 20 hr |
| Feb 18, 10:16 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 48 hr |
| Feb 18, 10:16 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex | 13 hr |
| Feb 18, 11:33 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Norfolk | 47 hr |
| Feb 18, 11:33 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 62 hr |
| Feb 21, 11:46 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 21, 12:08 PM EST | Snow Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 35 hr |
| Feb 21, 4:09 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more | 33 hr |
| Feb 21, 4:09 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth | 34 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:51 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:43 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 25 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:59 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 24 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:22 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 43 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:57 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 18 hr |
| Feb 26, 4:39 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BOX | Franklin | 19 hr |
| Feb 26, 4:39 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 17 hr |
| Feb 26, 6:18 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkshire, Franklin | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:46 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 13 hr |
| Feb 28, 4:18 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 13 hr |
| Feb 29, 5:00 AM EST | Heavy Snow Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 31 hr |
| Feb 29, 5:08 AM EST | Heavy Snow Warning | BOX | Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 31 hr |
| Feb 29, 5:08 AM EST | Snow Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 31 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 | |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 7 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 8 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 1 |
| Flood Watch | 5 |
| Winter | |
| Heavy Snow Warning | 2 |
| Ice Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 6 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 9 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Snow Advisory | 4 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 8 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 5 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
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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.