Alert archive / Massachusetts / 2008
Weather alerts in Massachusetts, January 2008
48 weather alerts in January 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 January 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 48
- Warnings
- 11
- Watches
- 7
- Advisories
- 22
- Busiest day
- January 27, 20087 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 4:12 AM EST | Snow Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 12 hr |
| Jan 2, 9:30 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BOX | Worcester | 11 hr |
| Jan 3, 10:23 AM EST | Snow Advisory | BOX | Barnstable | 5 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:38 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 9 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:12 PM EST | Wind Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 30 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:53 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more | 13 hr |
| Jan 9, 9:49 AM EST | Marine Weather Statement | BOX | 5 hr | |
| Jan 10, 2:42 PM EST | Flood Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 37 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:46 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 19 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:13 PM EST | Wind Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 24 hr |
| Jan 10, 4:22 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | BOX | Franklin | 14 hr |
| Jan 11, 10:46 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 14 min | |
| Jan 11, 12:01 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 44 min | |
| Jan 11, 3:57 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 48 min | |
| Jan 11, 4:31 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 59 min | |
| Jan 13, 3:52 AM EST | Heavy Snow Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 32 hr |
| Jan 13, 4:46 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Hampden, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester | 31 hr |
| Jan 13, 4:54 AM EST | High Wind Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | 7 hr |
| Jan 13, 12:00 PM EST | Heavy Snow Warning | BOX | Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk and 2 more | 27 hr |
| Jan 13, 12:00 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth | 28 hr |
| Jan 13, 12:04 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | 28 hr |
| Jan 13, 11:30 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 5 hr |
| Jan 14, 7:09 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Middlesex, Worcester | 5 hr |
| Jan 17, 12:09 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 22 hr |
| Jan 17, 4:25 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 18 hr |
| Jan 17, 5:15 PM EST | Marine Weather Statement | BOX | 59 hr | |
| Jan 18, 12:57 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 6 hr |
| Jan 18, 7:26 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 4 hr |
| Jan 22, 12:00 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Suffolk | 4 hr |
| Jan 25, 6:20 AM EST | Marine Weather Statement | BOX | 4 days | |
| Jan 26, 3:52 PM EST | High Wind Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | 13 hr |
| Jan 26, 6:54 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | 10 hr |
| Jan 27, 4:33 AM EST | High Wind Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | 23 hr |
| Jan 27, 5:19 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth | 7 hr |
| Jan 27, 5:19 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | 11 hr |
| Jan 27, 9:24 AM EST | Snow Advisory | BOX | Essex | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 12:25 PM EST | Snow Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth | 10 hr |
| Jan 27, 4:03 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket | 6 hr |
| Jan 27, 4:42 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth | 6 hr |
| Jan 27, 8:50 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth | 11 hr |
| Jan 27, 10:43 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOX | Bristol | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:00 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Nantucket | 12 hr |
| Jan 29, 7:50 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 6 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:44 PM EST | Wind Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 28 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:02 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more | 14 hr |
| Jan 31, 1:51 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 15 hr |
| Jan 31, 1:51 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 33 hr |
| Jan 31, 4:28 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 12 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 | 5 |
| Flooding | |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Heavy Snow Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 4 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 4 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 3 |
| Snow Advisory | 4 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 5 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 9 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 4 |
| Marine Weather Statement | 3 |
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.