Alert archive / Massachusetts / 2008
Weather alerts in Massachusetts, September 2008
91 weather alerts in September 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 September 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 91
- Warnings
- 37
- Watches
- 13
- Advisories
- 38
- Busiest day
- September 9, 200820 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 4:02 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 48 hr | |
| Sep 3, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 30 min |
| Sep 3, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 41 min |
| Sep 3, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 23 min |
| Sep 3, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 54 min |
| Sep 3, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 43 min |
| Sep 3, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 32 min |
| Sep 3, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 67 min |
| Sep 3, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 32 min |
| Sep 3, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 28 min |
| Sep 3, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden | 18 min |
| Sep 3, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 52 min |
| Sep 3, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 48 min |
| Sep 4, 5:00 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | NHC | Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 48 hr |
| Sep 4, 5:00 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | NHC | Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 60 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:53 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | BOX | 27 hr | |
| Sep 5, 9:33 AM EDT | Flood Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 39 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and 7 more | 37 hr |
| Sep 5, 5:30 PM EDT | Inland Tropical Storm Watch | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth | 41 hr |
| Sep 5, 5:30 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Nantucket, Norfolk and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Sep 6, 2:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 3:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Barnstable | 59 min |
| Sep 6, 5:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 6:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 7:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 8 hr |
| Sep 6, 8:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 9:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester | 8 hr |
| Sep 6, 10:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 7 hr |
| Sep 6, 11:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Plymouth | 6 hr |
| Sep 7, 1:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BOX | Worcester | 5 hr |
| Sep 7, 6:02 AM EDT | Gale Warning | BOX | 118 min | |
| Sep 7, 6:02 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 11 hr | |
| Sep 7, 6:08 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket | 14 hr |
| Sep 7, 6:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Worcester | 6 hr |
| Sep 7, 8:24 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BOX | Worcester | 5 hr |
| Sep 7, 4:33 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | BOX | 24 hr | |
| Sep 8, 3:30 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BOX | 13 hr | |
| Sep 9, 4:10 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 26 hr | |
| Sep 9, 10:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 4 hr |
| Sep 9, 10:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Hampden, Worcester | 4 hr |
| Sep 9, 11:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 44 min |
| Sep 9, 11:20 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Hampden | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 11:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 37 min |
| Sep 9, 11:39 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester | 36 min |
| Sep 9, 11:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 11:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 38 min |
| Sep 9, 12:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Worcester | 37 min |
| Sep 9, 12:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bristol, Dukes, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk and 1 more | 94 min |
| Sep 9, 12:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 12:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 4 hr |
| Sep 9, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 38 min |
| Sep 9, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 65 min | |
| Sep 9, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth, Worcester | 48 min |
| Sep 9, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 60 min | |
| Sep 9, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Plymouth | 31 min |
| Sep 9, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 55 min | |
| Sep 9, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BOX | 60 min | |
| Sep 10, 3:56 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 28 hr |
| Sep 14, 4:27 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 44 hr | |
| Sep 14, 3:55 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket | 26 hr |
| Sep 17, 4:07 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 48 hr | |
| Sep 18, 2:16 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | ALY | Berkshire | 30 hr |
| Sep 18, 2:16 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 30 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:45 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester | 28 hr |
| Sep 19, 4:08 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Nantucket | 38 hr |
| Sep 19, 4:00 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire | 16 hr |
| Sep 19, 4:17 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | BOX | 49 hr | |
| Sep 22, 3:51 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 3 days | |
| Sep 24, 3:25 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 3 days | |
| Sep 24, 9:25 AM EDT | Gale Watch | BOX | 6 hr | |
| Sep 24, 3:50 PM EDT | Gale Watch | BOX | 25 hr | |
| Sep 24, 3:50 PM EDT | Gale Warning | BOX | 44 hr | |
| Sep 24, 3:50 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 5 days | |
| Sep 24, 4:26 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket | 72 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:43 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 38 hr | |
| Sep 25, 4:48 PM EDT | Flood Watch | BOX | Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and 4 more | 67 hr |
| Sep 26, 5:03 AM EDT | Flood Watch | ALY | Berkshire | 34 hr |
| Sep 26, 3:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Bristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 5:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 11:15 AM EDT | Gale Watch | BOX | 6 hr | |
| Sep 27, 11:35 AM EDT | Hurricane Local Statement | BOX | Barnstable, Nantucket | 29 hr |
| Sep 27, 11:35 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | BOX | 6 hr | |
| Sep 27, 12:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth | 4 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Worcester | 6 hr |
| Sep 27, 5:36 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | BOX | 23 hr | |
| Sep 27, 5:39 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BOX | 22 hr | |
| Sep 27, 6:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Barnstable, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 8:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BOX | Barnstable, Bristol, Plymouth | 10 hr |
| Sep 27, 8:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOX | Dukes | 6 hr |
| Sep 29, 3:21 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | BOX | 49 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
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.